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===Wrappings around the Arm=== | ===Wrappings around the Arm=== | ||
# After the bracha is recited, the strap around the arm is tightened and wrapped around the arm seven times. The knot formation and arm binding differ considerably between different traditions | # After the bracha is recited, the strap around the arm is tightened and wrapped around the arm seven times. The knot formation and arm binding differ considerably between different traditions.<ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:67, Halacha Brurah 27:27 </ref> | ||
# There is a Kabbalistic 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> | # There is a Kabbalistic 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> | ||
# For Sephardim, it is important that the knot which looks like a Yud on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad be facing inward and touching the main [[Tefillin]] box.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:2) based on the Zohar</ref> Some say this must be done by wrapping the Tefillin straps around the Shel Yad ust after tightening it around the bicep,<ref>Although the Shulchan Aruch does not specify how to secure the Yud, the Iraqi Mekubalim interpret the Rashash as saying so. 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. Therefore, a gid is often used when the Tefillin are made to hold the Yud down forever, but the Ben Ish Chai writes one should still wrap the retzua around the Yud for Kabbalistic reasons. See Kaf HaChaim (Orach Chaim 27:13). Or LeTzion 2:3:1 reports this as the practice of Rav Ephraim HaKohen and other Iraqi Mekubalim. Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how Rav Masoud Elchadad writes how this is only the Minhag in Yeshivat Beit El and not me'akev, but the Ben Ish Chai argues it is me'akev.</ref> while others argue that using the straps will ruin the squareness of the Tefillin and, one just has to have kavanna that they're touching.<ref>Syrian Mekubalim do not interpret the Rashash literally, as wrapping the Retzuot around the boxes every day will ruin their squareness. See Rama Orach Chaim 27:8. Or LeTzion 2:3:1 writes how either interpretation of the Rashash is fine, but the Ben Ish Chai's is preferred. Rav Ovadia (Yabia Omer vol. 9 OC 108:20) argues in favor of the Syrian Mekubalim and that one should just follow the Shalmei Tzibbur and use a gid, not a retzua. He notes how Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul recommends following the Ben Ish Chai, because Rav Ben Tzion's father prayed in the synagogue of Chacham Tzadka Hussein, a Talmid of the Ben Ish Chai, so he wouldn't deviate from the Ben Ish Chai's view. Rav Ovadia's rebbeim, on the other hand, followed the Syrian view on this issue. See VaYashov HaYam 1:4 who explains the Ben Ish Chai's view from a Kabbalistic perspective.</ref> Some [[Moroccans]] have this custom.<ref>Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how some do and some claimed not to.</ref> | # For Sephardim, it is important that the knot which looks like a Yud on the [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad be facing inward and touching the main [[Tefillin]] box.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:2) based on the Zohar</ref> Some say this must be done by wrapping the Tefillin straps around the Shel Yad ust after tightening it around the bicep,<ref>Although the Shulchan Aruch does not specify how to secure the Yud, the Iraqi Mekubalim interpret the Rashash as saying so. 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. Therefore, a gid is often used when the Tefillin are made to hold the Yud down forever, but the Ben Ish Chai writes one should still wrap the retzua around the Yud for Kabbalistic reasons. See Kaf HaChaim (Orach Chaim 27:13). Or LeTzion 2:3:1 reports this as the practice of Rav Ephraim HaKohen and other Iraqi Mekubalim. Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how Rav Masoud Elchadad writes how this is only the Minhag in Yeshivat Beit El and not me'akev, but the Ben Ish Chai argues it is me'akev.</ref> while others argue that using the straps will ruin the squareness of the Tefillin and, one just has to have kavanna that they're touching.<ref>Syrian Mekubalim do not interpret the Rashash literally, as wrapping the Retzuot around the boxes every day will ruin their squareness. See Rama Orach Chaim 27:8. Or LeTzion 2:3:1 writes how either interpretation of the Rashash is fine, but the Ben Ish Chai's is preferred. Rav Ovadia (Yabia Omer vol. 9 OC 108:20) argues in favor of the Syrian Mekubalim and that one should just follow the Shalmei Tzibbur and use a gid, not a retzua. He notes how Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul recommends following the Ben Ish Chai, because Rav Ben Tzion's father prayed in the synagogue of Chacham Tzadka Hussein, a Talmid of the Ben Ish Chai, so he wouldn't deviate from the Ben Ish Chai's view. Rav Ovadia's rebbeim, on the other hand, followed the Syrian view on this issue. See VaYashov HaYam 1:4 who explains the Ben Ish Chai's view from a Kabbalistic perspective.</ref> Some [[Moroccans]] have this custom.<ref>Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magen Avot Orach Chaim 27:8) notes how some do and some claimed not to.</ref> | ||
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# 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 require one to wash. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 27:2 quoting Dinim Vehanahot LeChazon Ish 3:10 and Chelkat Yehoshua 6:7</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 require 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 part of the straps necessary for tying it onto one's body and one's skin. However, in the area of the windings around one's arm and hand one may have an interposition.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:4), Mishna Brurah 27:16 </ref> | # Nothing may interpose between the [[Tefillin]] or the part of the straps necessary for tying it onto one's body and one's skin. However, in the area of the windings around one's arm and hand one may have an interposition.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:4), Mishna Brurah 27:16 </ref> | ||
# 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>Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 27:8), Kaf Hachayim 25:67, Halacha Brurah 27:27, Magen Avot 25 fn 19 citing Shemesh uMagen 3:58:4</ref> | |||
===Physical Separation/Chatzitza=== | ===Physical Separation/Chatzitza=== | ||
