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# After putting on [[Tefillin]], there is a minhag to recite the parshiot of "Vehaya Ki Yivecha" and "Kadish Li" since they appear in the Tefillin.<ref>Mishna Brurah 25:16, Yalkut Yosef 28:11</ref> While some say that one does not need to recite them, it is proper to say them anyway. <ref>Halacha Brurah 25:21</ref> | # After putting on [[Tefillin]], there is a minhag to recite the parshiot of "Vehaya Ki Yivecha" and "Kadish Li" since they appear in the Tefillin.<ref>Mishna Brurah 25:16, Yalkut Yosef 28:11</ref> While some say that one does not need to recite them, it is proper to say them anyway. <ref>Halacha Brurah 25:21</ref> | ||
==Where the Tefillin | ==Where the Tefillin Are Placed== | ||
# The arm [[Tefillin]] is placed on the biceps | # The arm [[Tefillin]] is placed on the biceps, two finger breadths away from the elbow, with the box facing inward towards the heart. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:1 </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> 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> | ||
# 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> The knot of the head [[Tefillin]] sits at the back of the head, upon the part of the occipital bone that protrudes just above the nape. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:10 </ref> The two straps of the head [[Tefillin]] are brought in front of the shoulders, with their blackened side facing outwards. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:11 </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> The knot of the head [[Tefillin]] sits at the back of the head, upon the part of the occipital bone that protrudes just above the nape. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:10 </ref> The two straps of the head [[Tefillin]] are brought in front of the shoulders, with their blackened side facing outwards. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 27:11 </ref> | ||
==Removing the Tefillin== | ==Removing the Tefillin== | ||
# According to Ashkenazim, one should remove one's [[Tefillin]] standing, however, the Sephardic minhag is to remove the [[Tefillin]] shel yad sitting.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur 10:26)</ref> | # According to Ashkenazim, one should remove one's [[Tefillin]] standing, however, the Sephardic minhag is to remove the [[Tefillin]] shel yad sitting.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur 10:26)</ref> | ||
