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====Position of the Tefillin Shel Yad (Arm)====
====Position of the Tefillin Shel Yad (Arm)====
[[Image:Tefillin shel yad placement.png|200px|right]]
[[Image:Tefillin shel yad placement.png|200px|right]]
# The arm [[Tefillin]] is placed on the biceps, below the halfway point of the bone between the elbow and armpit and on the elevated part of the flesh which is slightly above the elbow. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:1 writes that the Tefillin shel yad is placed on the bone between the elbow and armpit on the elevated part of the flesh. The Rama adds that it has to be below the halfway point on that bone. The Mishna Brurah 27:4 clarifies that it must be slightly above the elbow so that it is on the elevated part of the flesh. Halacha Brurah 27:3 agrees.</ref>  
# The arm [[Tefillin]] is placed on the bicep, below the halfway point of the bone between the elbow and armpit and where the muscle bulges.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:1 writes that the Tefillin shel yad is placed on the bone between the elbow and armpit on the elevated part of the flesh. The Rama adds that it has to be below the halfway point on that bone. The Mishna Brurah 27:4 clarifies that it must be slightly above the elbow so that it is on the elevated part of the flesh. Halacha Brurah 27:3 agrees.</ref> One should make sure not to put the [[Tefillin]] within two fingerbreadths of one’s elbow.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:1 quoted [[Tefillah]] LeMoshe 7:7 </ref>
# After the bracha is said, the arm [[Tefillin]] is tightened, then wrapped around the arm seven times. The knot formation and arm binding differ considerably between different traditions. The Sephardic minhag is to wrap the seven times outward, away from the body while the Ashkenazi minhag is to wrap towards the body. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:67, Halacha Brurah 27:27 </ref>  
# The Minhag is to put the Maavarta (bridge) part of the [[Tefillin]] facing the shoulder.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:3)</ref> The Maavarta should also be below halfway between the elbow and armpit. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:1 inferring from Mishna Brurah 27:34</ref>
# There is a custom to cover the arm [[Tefillin]] with the sleeve, in accordance with the verse "And they will be a sign to you...", i.e. to you and not to others. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Vayera 15 based on Shaar Hakavanot Derush 5 of [[Tefillin]] </ref>
# It is better when the Maavarta is placed above halfway between the elbow and armpit and not to have the main box of [[Tefillin]] be within 2 fingerbreadths of one’s elbow.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:1 quoting Shraga HaMeir 6:46 </ref>
====Position of the Tefillin Shel Rosh (Head)====
====Position of the Tefillin Shel Rosh (Head)====
# Next, the head [[Tefillin]] is placed on top of the head, "between the eyes" but not lower than the hairline (or if balding, where one's hairline once was). <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sarah Halacha 1 </ref>   
# Next, the head [[Tefillin]] is placed on top of the head, "between the eyes" but not lower than the hairline (or if balding, where one's hairline once was). <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sarah Halacha 1 </ref>   
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===Wrappings around the Arm===
===Wrappings around the Arm===
# The [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad should be put on the left arm on the area where the muscle bulges in the lower half of the area between the elbow and armpit. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:1), Mishna Brurah 27:4 </ref> One should make sure not to put the [[Tefillin]] within two fingerbreadths of one’s elbow.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:1 quoted [[Tefillah]] LeMoshe 7:7 </ref>
# After the bracha is recited, the strap around the arm is tightened and wrapped around the arm seven times. The knot formation and arm binding differ considerably between different traditions. The Sephardic minhag is to wrap the seven times outward, away from the body while the Ashkenazi minhag is to wrap towards the body. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:67, Halacha Brurah 27:27 </ref>  
# The [[Tefillin]] should be tilted slightly towards the body so that when the arm is bent the [[Tefillin]] faces the heart.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:1)</ref>
# There is a custom to cover the arm [[Tefillin]] with the sleeve, in accordance with the verse "And they will be a sign to you...", i.e. to you and not to others. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Vayera 15 based on Shaar Hakavanot Derush 5 of [[Tefillin]] </ref>
# For Sephardim, it is important that the knot which looks like a Yud on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad be facing inward and touching the main [[Tefillin]] box.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:2) based on the Zohar</ref> Some say this must be done by wrapping the Tefillin straps around the Shel Yad ust after tightening it around the bicep,<ref>Although the Shulchan Aruch does not specify how to secure the Yud, the Iraqi Mekubalim interpret the Rashash as saying so. Ben Ish Chai Vayera Halacha 15 says that according to Kabbalah the yud should be touching the box even when the [[Tefillin]] are wrapped in their boxes. Shaare Teshuva OC 27:2 quotes the Shalmei Tzibbur saying the same. Therefore, a gid is often used when the Tefillin are made to hold the Yud down forever, but the Ben Ish Chai writes one should still wrap the retzua around the Yud for Kabbalistic reasons. See Kaf HaChaim (Orach Chaim 27:13). Or LeTzion 2:3:1 reports this as the practice of Rav Ephraim HaKohen and other Iraqi Mekubalim. Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how Rav Masoud Elchadad writes how this is only the Minhag in Yeshivat Beit El and not me'akev, but the Ben Ish Chai argues it is me'akev.</ref> while others argue that using the straps will ruin the squareness of the Tefillin and, one just has to have kavanna that they're touching.<ref>Syrian Mekubalim do not interpret the Rashash literally, as wrapping the Retzuot around the boxes every day will ruin their squareness. See Rama Orach Chaim 27:8. Or LeTzion 2:3:1 writes how either interpretation of the Rashash is fine, but the Ben Ish Chai's is preferred. Rav Ovadia (Yabia Omer vol. 9 OC 108:20) argues in favor of the Syrian Mekubalim and that one should just follow the Shalmei Tzibbur and use a gid, not a retzua. He notes how Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul recommends following the Ben Ish Chai, because Rav Ben Tzion's father prayed in the synagogue of Chacham Tzadka Hussein, a Talmid of the Ben Ish Chai, so he wouldn't deviate from the Ben Ish Chai's view. Rav Ovadia's rebbeim, on the other hand, followed the Syrian view on this issue. See VaYashov HaYam 1:4 who explains the Ben Ish Chai's view from a Kabbalistic perspective.</ref> Some [[Moroccans]] have this custom.<ref>Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how some do and some claimed not to.</ref>
# For Sephardim, it is important that the knot which looks like a Yud on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad be facing inward and touching the main [[Tefillin]] box.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:2) based on the Zohar</ref> Some say this must be done by wrapping the Tefillin straps around the Shel Yad ust after tightening it around the bicep,<ref>Although the Shulchan Aruch does not specify how to secure the Yud, the Iraqi Mekubalim interpret the Rashash as saying so. Ben Ish Chai Vayera Halacha 15 says that according to Kabbalah the yud should be touching the box even when the [[Tefillin]] are wrapped in their boxes. Shaare Teshuva OC 27:2 quotes the Shalmei Tzibbur saying the same. Therefore, a gid is often used when the Tefillin are made to hold the Yud down forever, but the Ben Ish Chai writes one should still wrap the retzua around the Yud for Kabbalistic reasons. See Kaf HaChaim (Orach Chaim 27:13). Or LeTzion 2:3:1 reports this as the practice of Rav Ephraim HaKohen and other Iraqi Mekubalim. Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how Rav Masoud Elchadad writes how this is only the Minhag in Yeshivat Beit El and not me'akev, but the Ben Ish Chai argues it is me'akev.</ref> while others argue that using the straps will ruin the squareness of the Tefillin and, one just has to have kavanna that they're touching.<ref>Syrian Mekubalim do not interpret the Rashash literally, as wrapping the Retzuot around the boxes every day will ruin their squareness. See Rama Orach Chaim 27:8. Or LeTzion 2:3:1 writes how either interpretation of the Rashash is fine, but the Ben Ish Chai's is preferred. Rav Ovadia (Yabia Omer vol. 9 OC 108:20) argues in favor of the Syrian Mekubalim and that one should just follow the Shalmei Tzibbur and use a gid, not a retzua. He notes how Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul recommends following the Ben Ish Chai, because Rav Ben Tzion's father prayed in the synagogue of Chacham Tzadka Hussein, a Talmid of the Ben Ish Chai, so he wouldn't deviate from the Ben Ish Chai's view. Rav Ovadia's rebbeim, on the other hand, followed the Syrian view on this issue. See VaYashov HaYam 1:4 who explains the Ben Ish Chai's view from a Kabbalistic perspective.</ref> Some [[Moroccans]] have this custom.<ref>Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how some do and some claimed not to.</ref>
# The Minhag is to put the Maavarta (bridge) part of the [[Tefillin]] facing the shoulder.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:3)</ref> The Maavarta should also be below halfway between the elbow and armpit. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:1 inferring from Mishna Brurah 27:34</ref>
# It is better when the Maavarta is placed above halfway between the elbow and armpit and not to have the main box of [[Tefillin]] be within 2 fingerbreadths of one’s elbow.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:1 quoting Shraga HaMeir 6:46 </ref>
# Many authorities are lenient and do not believe a [[Netilat Yadayim]] is required if one touches the skin in the area where the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad is placed or rubs one’s hair while putting on [[Tefillin]] shel rosh,<ref> Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 4:3), Sh”t Shelmat Chaim 39-40, Kaf HaChaim 4:59 </ref> however, some are strict and would require one to wash. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:2 quoting Dinim Vehanahot LeChazon Ish 3:10 and Chelkat Yehoshua 6:7</ref>
# Many authorities are lenient and do not believe a [[Netilat Yadayim]] is required if one touches the skin in the area where the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad is placed or rubs one’s hair while putting on [[Tefillin]] shel rosh,<ref> Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 4:3), Sh”t Shelmat Chaim 39-40, Kaf HaChaim 4:59 </ref> however, some are strict and would require one to wash. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:2 quoting Dinim Vehanahot LeChazon Ish 3:10 and Chelkat Yehoshua 6:7</ref>
# Nothing may interpose between the [[Tefillin]] or the part of the straps necessary for tying it onto one's body and one's skin. However, in the area of the windings around one's arm and hand one may have an interposition.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:4), Mishna Brurah 27:16 </ref>
# Nothing may interpose between the [[Tefillin]] or the part of the straps necessary for tying it onto one's body and one's skin. However, in the area of the windings around one's arm and hand one may have an interposition.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:4), Mishna Brurah 27:16 </ref>
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