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==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> | ||
# The Ben Ish Chai says to remove [[ | # The Ben Ish Chai says to remove [[Tefillin]] as follows: standing or sitting, first remove finger, hand, and two windings of forearm. Then stand to take off shel rosh and sit to take off rest of shel yad. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara: halacha 10. </ref> In contrast, Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano maintains that one should remove [[Tefillin]] in the following manner: remove [[Tefillin]] shel yad from hand and a little bit of one's arm and [[Tefillin]] shel rosh while standing, then wrap the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh and return it to its bag, afterwards sit down to remove the rest of the [[Tefillin]] shel yad and return it to its bag. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 38 </ref> | ||
# One should remove one's [[Tefillin]] shel rosh before one's [[Tefillin]] shel yad.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20</ref> | # One should remove one's [[Tefillin]] shel rosh before one's [[Tefillin]] shel yad.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20</ref> | ||
# One should not remove one's [[Tallit]] until one removed one's [[Tefillin]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20</ref> | # One should not remove one's [[Tallit]] until one removed one's [[Tefillin]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:20</ref> | ||
# One should wait until at least the [[kedusha]] of uva litzion before removing | # One should wait until at least the [[kedusha]] of uva litzion before removing one's [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 25:13, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:19, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 31 </ref> Preferably though one should wait until after "al ken" in alenu lishabeach. <ref> Arizal in Shaar Kavanot derush 5 [[Tefillin]], Ben Ish Chai Parashat Chayei Sara: halacha 10. </ref> There is Kabbalistic significance in waiting until the mourner's [[kaddish]] that takes place after alenu leshabeach to take off one's [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 30 </ref> | ||
# Ideally, one should learn a little bit of Torah after [[prayers]] while still wearing [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Arizal quoted by Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara 11, Chida in machazik | # Ideally, one should learn a little bit of Torah after [[prayers]] while still wearing [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Arizal quoted by Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara 11, Chida in machazik bracha siman 25, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 32. </ref> | ||
# On a day when there is [[Kriyat HaTorah]], one should not remove | # On a day when there is [[Kriyat HaTorah]], one should not remove one's [[Tefillin]] until the Torah is returned to the Aron, however, if one must do so, one should put one's [[Tallit]] over one's head when removing the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh in order that one's head be covered during the return of the sefer Torah. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 33 </ref> | ||
# When there is a [[brit mila]], one should keep | # When there is a [[brit mila]], one should keep one's [[Tefillin]] on throughout because the [[brit mila]] and [[Tefillin]] are both an "ot." The minhag is that the sandak, mohel, and father of the son receiving the berit mila procedure keep their [[Tefillin]] on. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 37. </ref> | ||
# One should remove the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh with | # One should remove the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh with one's weaker hand to show one's desire to fulfill mitzvot and reluctance to stop. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara: Halacha 10, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefillin]], seif 39. </ref> | ||
# It is a nice practice to kiss the [[Tefillin]] upon removing them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 28:3, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[ | # It is a nice practice to kiss the [[Tefillin]] upon removing them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 28:3, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[tefillin]] and their removal, seif 11</ref> | ||
# When putting the [[Tefillin]] back one should place the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh on the bag's left. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[ | # When putting the [[Tefillin]] back, one should place the [[Tefillin]] shel rosh on the bag's left. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[tefillin]] and their removal, seif 7 </ref> | ||
# One should be careful not to put one's [[Tallit]] or siddur on top of | # One should be careful not to put one's [[Tallit]] or siddur on top of one's [[Tefillin]] when placing one's religious articles back in one's bag. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, distraction from [[Tefillin]] and their removal, seif 8 </ref> | ||
# One should wrap up | # 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> | ||
==Lefties and Righties== | ==Lefties and Righties== |