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==Kavana when Putting on Tefillin== | ==Kavana when Putting on Tefillin== | ||
# When putting on [[Tefillin]] one should have the following kavana(intent): "Hashem commended us to wear these 4 parshiot (in the Tefllin) which speak of the oneness of Hashem and exodus of Egypt in order that we remember the miracles that reflect Hashem’s total control over the upper and lower worlds." One should also have intent to make one’s Nishama in one’s brain and the heart which is the seat of emotion and thought, subservient to Hashem, and in this way one will remember Hashem and minimize one’s personal pleasures. <Ref> S”A 25:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 1 </ref> | # When putting on [[Tefillin]] one should have the following kavana (intent): "Hashem commended us to wear these 4 parshiot (in the Tefllin) which speak of the oneness of Hashem and exodus of Egypt in order that we remember the miracles that reflect Hashem’s total control over the upper and lower worlds." One should also have intent to make one’s Nishama in one’s brain and the heart which is the seat of emotion and thought, subservient to Hashem, and in this way one will remember Hashem and minimize one’s personal pleasures. <Ref> S”A 25:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 1 </ref> | ||
# It is very important to have said kavana, however in the case where one did not have such intent one has still fulfilled one's obligation, bediavad. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:16 </ref> | # It is very important to have said kavana, however in the case where one did not have such intent one has still fulfilled one's obligation, bediavad. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:16 </ref> | ||
# It is also important to have intent that one is doing the mitzvah in order to fulfill a | # It is also important to have intent that one is doing the mitzvah in order to fulfill a biblical obligation. <ref> S”A 60:4 </ref> | ||
== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | == Process of Putting Tefillin On== | ||
