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 puts his [[Tallit]] and [[Tefillin]] in the same bag, one should be careful to place the [[Talit]] to the side of the [[Tefillin]] so that one takes the [[Talit]] first and then the [[Tefillin]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 25:1 writes that one must not place the [[Tefillin]] above the [[Talit]] because otherwise one may take the [[Tefillin]] before the [[Talit]]. However, Halacha Brurah 25 writes that it's not respectful to the [[Tefillin]] to place the [[Talit]] above the [[Tefillin]], therefore it should be placed in a separate bag or to the side of the [[Tefillin]]. </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 has only a [[Tefillin]] and not a [[Talit]], according to Ashkenazim one shouldn’t wait but rather one can just put on the [[Tefillin]], however Sephardim hold that if one will but will have [[Talit]] available to him before the latest time to say Shema, one should wait to get the [[Talit]] before putting on the [[Tefillin]]. However, if one will not have a [[Talit]] available before the [[latest time for Shema]], one should don the [[Tefillin]] in order to say Shema with [[Tefillin]] in the time. <ref> Rama 25:1 writes that if one has [[Tefillin]] but not [[Talit]] one shouldn’t wait for the [[Talit]] but rather just put on the [[Tefillin]]. The Magen Avraham 25:2 understands that this is the case even if there’s no concern that one will miss Sof Zman [[Kriyat Shema]]. Mishna Brurah 25:7 agrees. However, the Machaneh Chaim (Mehudra Kama 2), Sh”t Shenot Chaim 36, Kaf HaChaim 25:10, Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 319), and Halacha Brurah 25:10 argue that one should wait to put on the [[Talit]] as long as one will not miss the time for [[Kriyat Shema]]. </ref>

# If one takes off one’s [[Talit]] and [[Tefillin]] momentarily and then returns one should still put on the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah (Beiur Halacha s.v. Vayitztarech) writes that the principle that one should put on [[Talit]] before [[Tefillin]] is true also in a case where one took off the [[Talit]] and [[Tefillin]] momentarily and now comes to put on [[Talit]] and [[Tefillin]]. This is quoted in Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 318), Halacha Brurah (Birur Halacha 25:2), Amudei HaShulchan 10:2, and Divrei Shalom (vol 1 pg 15). </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>  

## The same applies if one only took the [[Tefillin]] in their bag before taking the [[Tallit]]. <Ref> Magen Avraham 25:1 argues that the principle of not passing up a mitzvah doesn’t apply if one takes the [[Tefillin]] in their bag before taking the [[Talit]]. This is also the opinion of the S”A HaRav 25:3. However, Kitzur S”A 10:2, Maamer Mordechai 25:3, Nehar Shalom 25:1, Nishmat Adam 13:2, Levush 25, Taz 25:10, Eliyah Rabba 25:4, Chaye Adam 13:1, Shalmei Tzibbur (pg 37a), Siddur Bet Ovad (Makom Hanachat [[Tefillin]] 1), Kaf HaChaim 25:6, and Mishna Brurah (Beiur Halacha 25:1 s.v. Shelo Yanichu) rule that the principle of not passing up a mitzvah applies even if the [[Tefillin]] are still in their bag. </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>  

# There’s a doubt in a situation where one would we embarrassed to put on [[Tefillin]] without a [[Talit]] whether one can put on the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah (Beiur Halacha 25) writes that if one is embarrassed to put on the [[Tefillin]] first there is a doubt whether one may put on the [[Talit]] first. Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 318) writes that since we hold that the principle of not passing up a mitzvah is only derabbanan, we override the Derabbanan with Kavod HaBriot. Whether not passing up a mitzvah is derabbanan or deoraittah is a dispute in the rishonim and achronim, see Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 317-8). </ref>

# One shouldn't remove one's [[Talit]] until one removed one's [[Tefillin]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20</ref>