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==Lefties and Righties== | ==Lefties and Righties== | ||
# A righty wears his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his left hand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:1</ref> | # A righty wears his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his left hand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:1</ref> | ||
# A lefty who writes and does everything | # A lefty who writes and does everything that requires one hand with his stronger left hand, wears his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his right hand.<ref>Gemara Menachot 36b-37a, Shulchan Aruch 27:6</ref> | ||
# A lefty who writes with one hand and does everything else with his other hand, some say the hand he writes with is considered primary and he should wear [[Tefillin]] on the opposite one, while others say that the generally stronger hand is the primary one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:6 quotes both opinions. Rama says that the minhag is to consider the hand that writes primary. Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igrot Moshe O.C. 4:1 discusses this topic at length and concludes in favor of the opinion that considers the stronger hand primary.</ref> | # A lefty who writes with one hand and does everything else with his other hand, some say the hand he writes with is considered primary and he should wear [[Tefillin]] on the opposite one, while others say that the generally stronger hand is the primary one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:6 quotes both opinions. Rama says that the minhag is to consider the hand that writes primary. Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igrot Moshe O.C. 4:1 discusses this topic at length and concludes in favor of the opinion that considers the stronger hand primary.</ref> | ||
# Someone who is ambidextrous should wear his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his left [[Tefillin]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:6</ref> | # Someone who is ambidextrous should wear his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his left [[Tefillin]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:6</ref> | ||
