Putting On and Removing Tefillin: Difference between revisions

==[[Talit]] before Tefillin==

# One should put on [[Talit]] before [[Tefillin]].<Ref> S”A 25:1 says that the [[Talit]] goes first because we want to increase in [[Kedusha]] from [[Talit]] to Teffilin. </ref> Even if the [[Talit]] is only obligated in [[Tzitzit]] Derabbanan it still takes precedence to the Teffilin. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 25:1, Halacha Brurah 25:7, Ben Ish Chai Vayera Halacha 3 </ref>

# If one isn’t going to fulfill the mitzvot of [[Talit]] and [[Tefillin]] one may pass over one and take the other. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:3 writes that the law that one can’t pass up a mitzvah only applies when one intends to do the mitzvah. </ref>Hence if the [[Tefillin]] was mistakenly placed above the [[Talit]] and one doesn’t plan on fulfilling the mitzvah with them now one may remove both and rearrange it. <ref> This follows clearly from the above Mishna Brurah but is written as an example in Halachot of [[Tefillin]] by Rabbi Shlomo Churba (page 7) quoting Or Letzion (vol 2, 44:16). </ref>  

# Similarly, if one has a [[Talit]] of [[Shabbat]] in the same bag and above the [[Talit]] of the weekday one may take the [[Talit]] of the weekday even if it’s below. <Ref> Kaf HaChaim 25:8 writes that since one doesn’t intend to use the [[Talit]] of [[Shabbat]] now one is permitted to take the [[Talit]] of the weekday even if it’s below. </ref>

# If one is wearing [[Tefillin]] and then a [[Talit]] becomes available, one doesn’t have to remove one’s [[Tefillin]], rather one should just put on the [[Talit]] while wearing the [[Tefillin]]. <Ref> Ben Ish Chai (Vayera 4, Sh”t Rav Poalim 1:4) writes that if someone is only wearing [[Tefillin]] and a [[Talit]] becomes available, one should remove one’s [[Tefillin]] before putting on the [[Talit]]. This is also the opinion of the Sh”t Torah Lishmah 1. However, the Rama 25:1 writes that if one has only [[Tefillin]] one should put that on and when one gets a [[Talit]] one should don the [[Talit]] implying that one doesn’t need to remove the [[Tefillin]] in order to put on the [[Talit]]. Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 319) agrees. </ref>

# If someone by accident took the [[Tefillin]] before the [[Talit]], some say that one should put on the [[Tefillin]] since one has it in one’s hands, while others hold one should leave the [[Tefillin]] (respectfully), engage in another activity and when one returns one can put on the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> The S”A 25:1 writes that one should be careful not to put the [[Tefillin]] above the [[Talit]] in one bag because then one may take the [[Tefillin]] first and have to put them on before the [[Talit]]. The S”A here holds that since one picked up the [[Tefillin]] the principle of not passing up a mitzvah overrides putting the [[Talit]] on before the [[Tefillin]]. Most achronim rule in accordance with S”A including Mishna Brurah and Halacha Brurah 25:9. However, the Kaf HaChaim 25:10 writes in name of the Arizal that one should always put on the [[Talit]] first even in such a case. Therefore, the Sh”t Or Letzion 2:44:16 writes that one should leave the [[Tefillin]] and engage in another activity, so that when one returns to the [[Tefillin]] one may put on the [[Talit]] first according to all opinions. [This advise of engaging in another activity in order to remove the issue of not passing up a mitzvah is sourced in the Magen Avraham 25:4 and Mishna Brurah 25:3.] Even though the Halacha Brurah 25:9 argues that once one is involved in a mitzvah one isn’t allowed to engage in a non-mitzvah, still the Divrei Shalom (vol 1 pg 23), Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 315-7), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=504 Rabbi Eli Mansour on dailyhalacha.com], and Halachot of [[Tefillin]] (by Rabbi Shlomo Churba pg 8) rule in accordance with the Or Letzion. </ref>  

## If one has [[Tefillin]] in the room that one is in and a [[Talit]] in the next room, the principle of not passing up the mitzvah applies and so one should put on the [[Tefillin]] first or leave the [[Tefillin]], engage in another activity and then get the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 25:4 writes that the principle of not passing up on a mitzvah applies even to when one mitzvah is in the room that one is in and the other mitzvah is in another room. Therefore the same halacha as when one picks up [[Tefillin]] before [[Talit]] applies as above. </ref>

# If one first made a mistake by taking the [[Tefillin]] and then made another mistake by putting down the [[Tefillin]], he should then put on the [[Talit]] first. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:5, Halacha Brurah (Birur Halach 25:2) </ref>  

# One should wait until at least the [[kedusha]] of uva litzion before removing their [[tefillin]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:13, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:19, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 31 </ref> Preferably though one should wait until after al ken in aleinu lishabeach. <ref> Arizal in Shaar Kavanot derush 5 [[tefillin]], Ben Ish Chai Parashat Chayei Sara: halacha 10. </ref> There is Kabbalistic significance in waiting until the mourner's [[kaddish]] that takes place after alenu leshabeach to take off one's [[tefilin]]. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 30 </ref>

# Ideally, one should learn a little bit of torah after [[prayers]] while still wearing [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Arizal quoted by Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara 11, Chida in machazik beracha siman 25, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 32. </ref>  

# When there is a [[brit mila]], one should keep his [[tefilin]] on until afterwards because the [[brit mila]] and [[tefilin]] are both an "ot." The minhag is that the sandak, mohel, and father of the son receiving the berit mila procedure keep their [[tefilin]] on. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 37. </ref>

# One should remove the [[tefillin]] shel rosh with his weaker hand to show his desire to fulfill mitzvot and reluctance to stop. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara: Halacha 10, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 39. </ref>

# It is a nice practice to kiss the [[tefillin]] upon removing them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 28:3, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[tefilin]] and their removal, seif 11</ref>

# When putting the [[tefilin]] back one should place the [[tefilin]] shel rosh on the bag's left. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[tefilin]] and their removal, seif 7 </ref>

# One should wrap up his [[tefillin]] personally, and not leave it to another to do, in order to demonstrate love for the mitzvah. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:28:1 </ref>