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# Before the strap of the arm [[Tefillin]] is tightened, the blessing of להניח תפילין is said. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:8 </ref> If someone forgot to recite the blessing before tightening the arm [[Tefillin]] one should still recite the bracha, even if one has already placed one's head [[Tefillin]]. <Ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:49 </ref> | # Before the strap of the arm [[Tefillin]] is tightened, the blessing of להניח תפילין is said. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:8 </ref> If someone forgot to recite the blessing before tightening the arm [[Tefillin]] one should still recite the bracha, even if one has already placed one's head [[Tefillin]]. <Ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:49 </ref> | ||
# Upon placement of the head [[Tefillin]], Sephardic and Hasidic authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head [[Tefillin]] is not necessary and the one blessing on laying the arm [[Tefillin]] is sufficient. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:5 </ref> Ashkenazim do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head [[Tefillin]], before tightening it around the head. <ref> Rama 25:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 3. Kaf Hachayim 25:40 writes that a Sephardi who hears the bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh is permitted to answer [[amen]] in his head. </ref> It is also customary to add the phrase ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד because of the doubt as too the necessity of the bracha. <ref> Rama 25:5 </ref> | # Upon placement of the head [[Tefillin]], Sephardic and Hasidic authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head [[Tefillin]] is not necessary and the one blessing on laying the arm [[Tefillin]] is sufficient. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:5 </ref> Ashkenazim do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head [[Tefillin]], before tightening it around the head. <ref> Rama 25:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 3. Kaf Hachayim 25:40 writes that a Sephardi who hears the bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh is permitted to answer [[amen]] in his head. </ref> It is also customary to add the phrase ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד because of the doubt as too the necessity of the bracha. <ref> Rama 25:5 </ref> | ||
# It is strictly forbidden to talk between the placement of the arm and head [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:9 based on Gemara Menachot 36a, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10:3. see also Gemara Sota 44b which informs us that for such a transgression an individual would return from the battlefield</ref> Furthermore, one should not answer [[Kaddish]] or [[Kedusha]] between putting on [[Tefillin]] shel yad and [[Tefillin]] shel rosh, yet one should pause to listen to [[Kaddish]] or [[Kedusha]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 25:10, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 14 </ref> If one mistakenly answered, one does not recite a bracha on the head [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:63-64, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 14 </ref> One should not answer "[[amen]]" to another's bracha between donning the [[Tefillin]] shel yad and [[Tefillin]] shel rosh. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 15 </ref> Nevertheless, if one accidentally answered "[[amen]]" to another's bracha, one does not make a bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[Tefillin]], seif 15 </ref> | ===Interrupting Between The Arm and Head Tefillin=== | ||
# However, if one spoke by mistake about things unrelated to the [[Tefillin]], | # It is strictly forbidden to talk between the placement of the arm and head [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:9 based on Gemara Menachot 36a, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10:3. see also Gemara Sota 44b which informs us that for such a transgression an individual would return from the battlefield</ref> | ||
# Furthermore, one should not answer [[Kaddish]] or [[Kedusha]] between putting on [[Tefillin]] shel yad and [[Tefillin]] shel rosh, yet one should pause to listen to [[Kaddish]] or [[Kedusha]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 25:10, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 14 </ref> If one mistakenly answered, one does not recite a bracha on the head [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:63-64, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 14 </ref> | |||
# One should not answer "[[amen]]" to another's bracha between donning the [[Tefillin]] shel yad and [[Tefillin]] shel rosh.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 15 </ref> Nevertheless, if one accidentally answered "[[amen]]" to another's bracha, one does not make a bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[Tefillin]], seif 15 </ref> | |||
# However, if one spoke by mistake about things unrelated to the [[Tefillin]], even a Sephardi must then recite the bracha of al mitzvat [[Tefillin]] as the Ashkenazim do.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 25:9, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 3 </ref> If one mistakenly spoke about things related to the [[Tefillin]] one need not recite another bracha. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:10 </ref> | |||
===Reciting a New Beracha When Putting Tefillin Back On=== | |||
# If one removes one's [[Tefillin]] in order to go to the bathroom one recites a new bracha upon putting them back on. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:47, Sh"t Yabia Omer 8:2, Yalkut Yosef 25:84. Sukkah 46a records the practice of Rava to recite a new bracha every time he went to the bathroom and put his Tefillin back on. </ref> | # If one removes one's [[Tefillin]] in order to go to the bathroom one recites a new bracha upon putting them back on. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:47, Sh"t Yabia Omer 8:2, Yalkut Yosef 25:84. Sukkah 46a records the practice of Rava to recite a new bracha every time he went to the bathroom and put his Tefillin back on. </ref> | ||
# If one removes one's [[Tefillin]] and puts on a different pair, one recites a bracha upon donning the other pair. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[Tefillin]], seif 23 </ref> | # If one removes one's [[Tefillin]] and puts on a different pair, one recites a bracha upon donning the other pair. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[Tefillin]], seif 23 </ref> | ||
# If one removed one's [[Tefillin]] without the intention of putting them back on and then decides to put them back on, one recites another bracha when putting them back on. However, if one removed one's [[Tefillin]] with the intention of putting them back, one does not recite another bracha when putting them back on. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 21 </ref> | # If one removed one's [[Tefillin]] without the intention of putting them back on and then decides to put them back on, one recites another bracha when putting them back on. However, if one removed one's [[Tefillin]] with the intention of putting them back, one does not recite another bracha when putting them back on. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 21 </ref> | ||
===Stolen Tefillin=== | |||
# It is prohibited to recite a bracha on stolen [[Tefillin]], including [[Tefillin]] that one bought from a thief. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 30 </ref> | |||
==What to Read With Tefillin On== | |||
# 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> | ||
