Putting On and Removing Tefillin: Difference between revisions

# The minhag is to put on [[Tefillin]] after having said [[Birchot Hashachar]] and [[Birchot Hatorah]] but preferably before the Shema in [[Korbanot]] and at least before Parshat HaTamid. <ref>Kaf HaChaim 25:3-4 </ref>

# One may not put on [[Tefillin]] at night. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 30:2</ref> If one has not put on one's [[Tefillin]], one still may do so during the time of bein hashemashot even though generally it is forbidden to wear them at night, as long as he has not recited [[arvit]]. <ref> Halichot Olam volume 1 page 29, Mishna Brurah 30:3 </ref>

# Some have the minhag to keep their [[Tefillin]] on during a [[brit milah]] <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:55 based on Magen Avraham OC 25:28 and Shach YD 265:24. Rabbi Chaim Jachter http://koltorah.org/ravj/Minhagim_of_Brit_Milah_1.html testifies that this is the minhag of Rav Reuven and Rav Dovid Feinstein, although Rabbi Jachter himself says that the minhag seems to be that only the father and sandek wear it throughout the bris. </ref> while some people remove it before the brit. <ref> Yalkut Yosef p. 895, Aruch Hashulchan YD 265:38. Kaf Hachayim 25:92 writes that the minhag is for the father, mohel, and sandak to leave their [[Tefillin]] on for the brit. </ref>

# One may put on [[Tefillin]] during the day and not during the night. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 30:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, the time for donning, seif 2 </ref> One may put them on in the morning from the time of [[MeSheyakir]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 30:1 </ref>

# The minimum requirement is to have [[Tefillin]] on during [[Kriyat Shema]] and [[Shemoneh Esrei]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:4, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the mitzvah of [[tefillin]], seif 16. The gemara in [[Berachot]] 14b says that if a person recites the morning Shema without [[Tefillin]] it is as if he is testifying falsely about himself when he says the pasuk that discusses the obligation to wear [[Tefillin]] since he is not fulfilling it. The Zohar 93b speaks highly of one who prays the amida with his [[Tefillin]]. </ref>  

# The problem with wearing them all day is the necessity to remove them when encountering an unclean place and the requirement to constantly have in mind the knowledge that they are being worn.

# If one has a choice between praying the amida with the tzibbur or waiting for a pair of [[Tefillin]] one should wait for the [[Tefillin]] and pray alone unless the time for praying is going to pass. <ref> Magen Avraham 66:12, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:22, Kaf Hachayim 25:28 </ref>

# If one is waiting for a pair of [[Tefillin]] and the time to say Keriat Shema may pass, he should recite shema without [[tefillin]]. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 1:4 and he doesn't fall into the category of people criticized by the gemara [[berachot]] 14b mentioned above. </ref>

# When one says Vekeshartem LeOt Al Yadecha one should touch one's [[Tefillin]] shel Yad and when one says VeHayu VeTotafot Ben Aynecha one should touch one's [[Tefillin]] shel rosh. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 28:2</ref>

# Some have the minhag to touch their [[Tefillin]] when they say the following [[prayers]]: Oter Yisrael BeTifara ([[Tefillin]] shel Rosh only), Ozer Yisrael BeGevura ([[Tefillin]] shel yad only), Kadesh Li Kol Bechor, at the words Yehe Kavod and Maasbeha Lechol chay ratzon in Hodu, Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh in Birkat Yotzer, Hashem Sifatay Tiftach, Hamivarech Et Amo BaShalom. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 28:2</ref>

# If it is after sunset but before tzet hakochavim and one hasn’t put on [[tefillin]], he still can. <ref> Magen Avraham 30:2. </ref> Once tzet hakochavim passes you cannot. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 30:2, Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 7:7:5. </ref>