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# If one injured one's arm, one should wrap one's [[Tefillin]] on top of the rag that covers the wound. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 10 </ref> Nonetheless, one should try to avoid wrapping one's [[Tefillin]] over one's bandage. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 11 </ref> Furthermore, in a case where donning the [[Tefillin]] over a rag is necessary, one does not recite a bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel yad, but one should recite a bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh and have the [[Tefillin]] shel yad in mind. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 12 </ref> | # If one injured one's arm, one should wrap one's [[Tefillin]] on top of the rag that covers the wound. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 10 </ref> Nonetheless, one should try to avoid wrapping one's [[Tefillin]] over one's bandage. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 11 </ref> Furthermore, in a case where donning the [[Tefillin]] over a rag is necessary, one does not recite a bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel yad, but one should recite a bracha on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh and have the [[Tefillin]] shel yad in mind. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 12 </ref> | ||
==If One Mistakenly Put on the Tefillin Shel Rosh First== | ===Where the Tefillin Are Placed=== | ||
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# 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> 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> | |||
==Lefties and Righties== | |||
# A righty wears his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his left hand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:1</ref> | |||
# A lefty who writes and does everything that requires one hand with his stronger left hand, wears his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his right hand.<ref>Gemara Menachot 36b-37a, Shulchan Aruch 27:6</ref> | |||
# A lefty who writes with one hand and does everything else with his other hand, some say the hand he writes with is considered primary and he should wear [[Tefillin]] on the opposite one, while others say that the generally stronger hand is the primary one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:6 quotes both opinions. Rama says that the minhag is to consider the hand that writes primary. Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igrot Moshe O.C. 4:1 discusses this topic at length and concludes in favor of the opinion that considers the stronger hand primary.</ref> | |||
# Someone who is ambidextrous should wear his [[Tefillin]] shel yad on his left hand. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 27:6</ref> | |||
===Wrappings around the Hand=== | |||
# 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> | |||
# 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> | |||
# The knot which looks like a Yud on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad should be facing inward and touching the main [[Tefillin]] box. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:2). 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. </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 reuire 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 area where the straps wrap around the arm and one’s body. However, in the area of the knot one may have an interposition. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:4), Mishna Brurah 27:16 </ref> | |||
===Physical Separation/Chatzitza=== | |||
# One should ensure that there is no interposition between the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh and one's head or the [[Tefillin]] shel yad and one's arm. <ref> Bet Yosef 27:4 quotes a dispute between the Rosh (Hilchot [[Tefillin]] 18, Sh"t HaRosh 3:4) who says that that there may not be any interposition between the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh and one's head and the [[Tefillin]] shel yad and one's arm and the Rashba ([[Megillah]] 24b s.v. Sipah) who allows putting [[Tefillin]] on top of an interposition. [See the Sh"t HaRashba Sh"t 3:282 where at first he acknowledges the explanation of the Rosh but comments that this is the halacha lo lemaaseh and continues to elaborate on his own explanation until he concludes that his approach is the halacha.] Shulchan Aruch 27:4 rules like the Rosh. The Rama 27:4 says that this only applies for the batim (boxes) themselves and not the retzuot (straps) but Mishna Brurah 27:16 says that one should not be lenient in this. Shulchan Aruch 27:5 allows to be lenient if one needs to, for some medical reason and therefore needs a head covering, one may wear them above a thin hat. The Rama there says in that case one may however not say a bracha. </ref> | |||
# The following are considered items that separate between the [[Tefillin]] and one's body: loose dirt <ref> Mishna Brurah 27:14 </ref>, water in your hair <ref> Shaarei [[Teshuva]] 27:6 says one should make sure to dry one's hair well if one wet it before putting on the [[Tefillin]], both because it could damage the [[Tefillin]], and because the water itself could be considered a separation. See Mikdash Dovid Taharot 39:4 who doesn't think that water is a chatzitza for bigdei kehuna.</ref>, a wig <ref> Mishna Brurah 27:16 </ref> a toupee <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 4:40:18 says that if removing it in public would embarrass the person then he should put on [[Tefillin]] in private with a bracha without the toupee and then go to shul and put it on there over the toupee without a bracha. Hair that is transplanted is considered part of the head and is not a problem. see [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2233 Daily Halacha (by Rabbi Mansour)].</ref>, and long hair.<ref> Machatzit Hashekel 27 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:6 say that although short hair would not be a problem, excessively long hair could be. The Pri Megadim 27 says that hair which is not located in its place of growth but rather has been brushed across from another part of the head, constitutes a chatzitza in [[Tefillin]]. Mishna Brurah 27:14-15 agrees to this, and says that it also could be hard to keep the [[Tefillin]] lined up between the eyes and at the right height with long hair. Aruch Hashulchan 27:14 and Rav Ovadia (Yechave Daat 2:2(22)) hold that there is what to rely on regarding really long hair. The Aruch Hashulchan says only hair moved from another place would be problematic. </ref>. | |||
#Though it is not befitting for Bnei Torah to have long hair, it does not constitute a chatzitzah for the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh <ref>Yechave Daat 2:2, based on a Sefek Sefeika: maybe the Halacha is like the Rosh (against Shulchan Aruch) that there is no Chatzitzah issue by [[Tefillin]] shel rosh, and, even if the Halacha is like the Rashba and not the Rosh, maybe hair is not a Chatzitzah, as it is Min beMino. Additionally, we do not find that the Poskim mentioned a Chatzitza issue for an Avel during Shloshim.</ref> | |||
# A wristwatch does not need to be removed. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 3:2, Sh"t Yabia Omer 2:2 and Rav Ovadia writes that one who is stringent will be blessed. Emes liYaakov OC 27:note 31 says even though the Rama 27:4 based on the teshuva of the Rashba 1:827 says one does not need to worry about barriers except for between the skin and the boxes, that if one is accustomed to removing it one should continue doing so, as there are some poskim who are stringent on barriers on any part of the arm or head [[Tefillin]] </ref> | |||
# If one is unable to remove a bandage or a cast one should wear the [[Tefillin]] without a bracha. This only applies if the separation is between the body and the boxes, but if the separation is only with the straps the bracha should be recited as usual. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 2:2 </ref> | |||
===If One Mistakenly Put on the Tefillin Shel Rosh First=== | |||
# If one mistakenly took the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh first, one must put it down and put on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad first. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:6, Kaf Hachayim 25:42 </ref> | # If one mistakenly took the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh first, one must put it down and put on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad first. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:6, Kaf Hachayim 25:42 </ref> | ||
# If one mistakenly put on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh first, one should put on the [[Tefillin]] shel yad afterwards and need not take off the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh before putting the [[Tefillin]] shel yad on. However, if one put the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh on incorrectly, one should take it off, put on the [[Tefillin]] shel yad, and then re-don the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, one who only has one tefila, seif 2 </ref> | # If one mistakenly put on the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh first, one should put on the [[Tefillin]] shel yad afterwards and need not take off the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh before putting the [[Tefillin]] shel yad on. However, if one put the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh on incorrectly, one should take it off, put on the [[Tefillin]] shel yad, and then re-don the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, one who only has one tefila, seif 2 </ref> | ||
==If One Only Has One of the Tefillin== | ===If One Only Has One of the Tefillin=== | ||
# If one only has one of the [[Tefillin]], either the one shel rosh or the one she yad, one should wear the one that one has and say the bracha. Similarly, if one of one's [[Tefillin]] are pasul one should still wear the other and recite the bracha on it. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, one who only has one tefila, seif 1 </ref> | # If one only has one of the [[Tefillin]], either the one shel rosh or the one she yad, one should wear the one that one has and say the bracha. Similarly, if one of one's [[Tefillin]] are pasul one should still wear the other and recite the bracha on it. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, one who only has one tefila, seif 1 </ref> | ||
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==What to Read With Tefillin On== | ==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> | ||
==Removing the Tefillin== | ==Removing the Tefillin== | ||
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# One should wrap up one's [[Tefillin]] personally, and not leave it to another to do, in order to demonstrate love for the mitzvah. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:28:1 </ref> | # One should wrap up one's [[Tefillin]] personally, and not leave it to another to do, in order to demonstrate love for the mitzvah. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:28:1 </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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