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==Getting Tefillin Checked==
==Getting Tefillin Checked==
# Even though one is not obligated, it is praiseworthy to have one's [[Tefillin]] checked every year, particularly during the month of [[Elul]] and the aseret yimei teshuva. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:49, http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356 </ref>
# Even though one is not obligated, it is praiseworthy to have one's [[Tefillin]] checked every year, particularly during the month of [[Elul]] and the aseret yimei teshuva. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:49, http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356 </ref>
# It is proper to check one's Tefillin to make sure that they are still valid twice every seven years. However, if [[Tefilin]] get damaged by water then they should be checked immediately, if that is not possible then one may use them, however without making a bracha.  
# It is proper to check one's Tefillin to make sure that they are still valid twice every seven years. However, if [[Tefillin]] get damaged by water then they should be checked immediately, if that is not possible then one may use them, however without making a bracha.  
<ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu 10:26 </ref>
<ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu 10:26 </ref>
# If one has not gotten one's [[Tefillin]] checked for a long time and later finds out they were unkosher, one should increase one's Torah learning and some say one should take upon oneself to also wear Rabbeinu Tam [[Tefillin]] if one has not been already doing so. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 3:8 </ref>
# If one has not gotten one's [[Tefillin]] checked for a long time and later finds out they were unkosher, one should increase one's Torah learning and some say one should take upon oneself to also wear Rabbeinu Tam [[Tefillin]] if one has not been already doing so. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 3:8 </ref>