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# The passages must be written with intent of writting them for the [[kedusha]] of [[Tefillin]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:19 </ref> | # The passages must be written with intent of writting them for the [[kedusha]] of [[Tefillin]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:19 </ref> | ||
# Before and while writing the passages for the [[Tefillin]] the sofer should say "I am writing for the sake of the holiness of [[Tefillin]]." <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, [[miscellaneous]] laws (of [[Tefillin]]), seif 7 </ref> | # Before and while writing the passages for the [[Tefillin]] the sofer should say "I am writing for the sake of the holiness of [[Tefillin]]." <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, [[miscellaneous]] laws (of [[Tefillin]]), seif 7 </ref> | ||
# The passages must be written with one's right hand if one is right-handed or ambidextrous, however, a left-handed person must write the passages with his left hand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:5. See Mishna Brurah 32:18 who quotes the Pri Megadim that preferably one should not have a sofer who writes with the right hand and does other activities with the left hand or the opposite. </ref> | # The passages must be written with one's right hand if one is right-handed or ambidextrous, however, a left-handed person must write the passages with his left hand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:5. See Mishna Brurah 32:18 who quotes the Pri Megadim that preferably one should not have a sofer who writes with the right hand and does other activities with the left hand or the opposite. Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Or LeTzion 2:3:3) is quoted as stating that Tefillin written by someone who is purely left handed are kasher just not Mehudar (see Rav Pe'alinm 2:9), but those written by someone who is ambidextrous are subject to debate whether they are kasher or not. Therefore, an ambidextrous person should not get involved and the buyer should be informed of the status of any Tefillin written by him.</ref> | ||
# The passages must be written with black ink.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:3 </ref> | # The passages must be written with black ink.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:3 </ref> | ||
# It is a good habit to test out the pen before beginning to write a passage.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:22 </ref> | # It is a good habit to test out the pen before beginning to write a passage.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:22 </ref> | ||
===Who Can Write Tefillin (Who Can Be a Sofer)=== | ===Who Can Write Tefillin (Who Can Be a Sofer)=== | ||
# The passages for [[Tefillin]] must be written by a literate religious adult male Jew.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:30 and Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 39:1 </ref> | # The passages for [[Tefillin]] must be written by a literate religious adult male Jew.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 32:30 and Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 39:1 </ref> | ||
