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# The minhag of some Ashkenazim is to wear Tefillin on Chol HaMoed, and the minhag of Israel and minhag of Sephardim is not to wear Tefillin on Chol HaMoed. <Ref> S”A and Rama 31:2, Sh”t Yabea Omer 3:5(3) </ref> Someone who doesn’t have a minhag should not wear Tefillin on Chol haMoed. <Ref>Sh”t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:332 </ref>
# The minhag of some Ashkenazim is to wear Tefillin on Chol HaMoed, and the minhag of Israel and minhag of Sephardim is not to wear Tefillin on Chol HaMoed. <Ref> S”A and Rama 31:2, Sh”t Yabea Omer 3:5(3) </ref> Someone who doesn’t have a minhag should not wear Tefillin on Chol haMoed. <Ref>Sh”t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:332 </ref>
# One who wears Tefillin should stipulate before wearing the Tefillin that if there’s an obligation then I wish to fulfill that obligation, and if not, I have no intention of fulfilling the mitzvah with my action. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref>
# One who wears Tefillin should stipulate before wearing the Tefillin that if there’s an obligation then I wish to fulfill that obligation, and if not, I have no intention of fulfilling the mitzvah with my action. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref>
# If one wears Tefillin on Chol HaMoed one shouldn’t wear Tefillin of רבינו תם (even if one usually wears Tefillin of רבינו תם). <Ref> Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref>
# If one wears Tefillin on Chol HaMoed one shouldn’t wear Tefillin of Rabbenu Tam(even if one usually wears Tefillin of Rabbenu Tam). <Ref> Mishna Brurah 31:8 </ref>
# Some authorities hold that if some people in the Shul wear Tefillin and others don’t there’s a violation of Lo Titgodidu (don’t cause factions in observance of Torah) and so they advise that one should either find a shul that has your minhag or pray in different locations in the same shul. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (in the hebrew section pg 39-40) has a letter from Rav Moshe Feinstein, dated Kislev 5737, stating clearly that one should follow the minhag of the Shul and if the minhag is to wear Tefillin one should also. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe O”C 5:24 (pg 79 D”H Al Kol Panim) dated Kislev 5743, writes that in crowded shuls where there’s many who wear Tefillin and many who don’t there’s no issue of Lo Tasu Agudot since it’s clear that there’s two different minhagim. However, Rav Moshe adds that preferably someone who is praying in a shul that wears Tefillin should also wear Tefillin.
# Some authorities hold that if some people in the Shul wear Tefillin and others don’t there’s a violation of Lo Titgodidu (don’t cause factions in observance of Torah) and so they advise that one should either find a shul that has your minhag or pray in different locations in the same shul. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (in the hebrew section pg 39-40) has a letter from Rav Moshe Feinstein, dated Kislev 5737, stating clearly that one should follow the minhag of the Shul and if the minhag is to wear Tefillin one should also. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein in Sh”t Igrot Moshe O”C 5:24 (pg 79 D”H Al Kol Panim) dated Kislev 5743, writes that in crowded shuls where there’s many who wear Tefillin and many who don’t there’s no issue of Lo Tasu Agudot since it’s clear that there’s two different minhagim. However, Rav Moshe adds that preferably someone who is praying in a shul that wears Tefillin should also wear Tefillin. </ref>


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