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===Berachot on the Arm and Head Tefillin=== | ===Berachot on the Arm and Head Tefillin=== | ||
#Before the strap of the arm [[Tefillin]] is tightened, the blessing of להניח תפילין is said.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 25:8. The custom in Sefrou, Morocco, was to ''abstain'' from reciting a Beracha on Tefillin, but that was out of concern that their Tefillin weren't properly squared. (Magen Avot, Orach Chaim 25 fn. 19) See Rav Pe'alim 2 OC 2.</ref> If someone forgot to recite the blessing before tightening the arm [[Tefillin]] one should still recite the bracha, even if one has already placed one's head [[Tefillin]].<ref>Kaf Hachayim 25:49 </ref> | #Before the strap of the arm [[Tefillin]] is tightened, the blessing of להניח תפילין is said.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 25:8. The custom in Sefrou, Morocco, was to ''abstain'' from reciting a Beracha on Tefillin, but that was out of concern that their Tefillin weren't properly squared. (Magen Avot, Orach Chaim 25 fn. 19) See Rav Pe'alim 2 OC 2.</ref> If someone forgot to recite the blessing before tightening the arm [[Tefillin]] one should still recite the bracha, even if one has already placed one's head [[Tefillin]].<ref>Kaf Hachayim 25:49; [https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.25.8?lang=bi&with=Mishnah%20Berurah&lang2=he mishna berura to shulchan orach orach chaim 25:26] </ref> | ||
#Upon placement of the head [[Tefillin]], Sephardic and Hasidic authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head [[Tefillin]] is not necessary and the one blessing on laying the arm [[Tefillin]] is sufficient.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 25:5 </ref> Ashkenazim do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head [[Tefillin]], before tightening it around the head.<ref>Rama 25:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 3. Kaf Hachayim 25:40 writes that a Sephardi who hears the bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh is permitted to answer [[amen]] in his head. </ref> It is also customary to add the phrase ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד because of the doubt as too the necessity of the bracha.<ref>Rama 25:5 </ref> | #Upon placement of the head [[Tefillin]], Sephardic and Hasidic authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head [[Tefillin]] is not necessary and the one blessing on laying the arm [[Tefillin]] is sufficient.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 25:5 </ref> Ashkenazim do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head [[Tefillin]], before tightening it around the head.<ref>Rama 25:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 3. Kaf Hachayim 25:40 writes that a Sephardi who hears the bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh is permitted to answer [[amen]] in his head. </ref> It is also customary to add the phrase ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד because of the doubt as too the necessity of the bracha.<ref>Rama 25:5 </ref> | ||
#One does not recite a Beracha on [[Rabbenu Tam Tefillin]]. See the [[Rabbenu Tam Tefillin|relevant page]] for details. | #One does not recite a Beracha on [[Rabbenu Tam Tefillin]]. See the [[Rabbenu Tam Tefillin|relevant page]] for details. | ||
