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==Physical Separation/Chatzitza== | ==Physical Separation/Chatzitza== | ||
# Any foreign substance between the head and the Tefillin shel rosh or the tfillin shel yad and one's arm, is considered a separation and is a problem. <ref> SA 27:4 quoting the Sh"ut Harosh 3:4. Shut Harashba 3:282 says there is no such thing as a separation for tfillin and one may wear tfillin even if there is a separation between the tfillin and his body. He does say though, that people shouldn't be lenient in this even though it is the halacha. The Rama 27:4 says that this only applies for the batim (boxes) themselves and not the retzuot (straps) but Mishna Berura 27:16 says that one should not be lenient in this. SA 27:5 says though that if one needs to lenient for some medical reason and needs a head covering, he can wear them above a thin hat. The rama there says in that case he can't say a beracha. </ref> | # Any foreign substance between the head and the Tefillin shel rosh or the tfillin shel yad and one's arm, is considered a separation and is a problem. <ref> SA 27:4 quoting the Sh"ut Harosh 3:4. Shut Harashba 3:282 says there is no such thing as a separation for tfillin and one may wear tfillin even if there is a separation between the tfillin and his body. He does say though, that people shouldn't be lenient in this even though it is the halacha. The Rama 27:4 says that this only applies for the batim (boxes) themselves and not the retzuot (straps) but Mishna Berura 27:16 says that one should not be lenient in this. SA 27:5 says though that if one needs to lenient for some medical reason and needs a head covering, he can wear them above a thin hat. The rama there says in that case he can't say a beracha. </ref> | ||
# Loose dirt <ref> Mishna Berura 27:14 </ref>, water in your hair <ref> Shaare Teshuva 27:6 says one should make sure to dry his hair well if he wet it before putting on the tfillin, both because it could damage the tfillin, and because the water itself could be considered a separation.</ref>, a wig <ref> Mishna Berura 27:16 </ref> a toupee <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 4:40 says that if removing it in public would embarrass the person that he should put on tfillin in private with a beracha without the toupee and then go to shul and put it on there over the toupee without a beracha but hair that is transplanted it is considered part of the head and is not a problem. see http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2233 </ref>, long hair | # Loose dirt <ref> Mishna Berura 27:14 </ref>, water in your hair <ref> Shaare Teshuva 27:6 says one should make sure to dry his hair well if he wet it before putting on the tfillin, both because it could damage the tfillin, and because the water itself could be considered a separation.</ref>, a wig <ref> Mishna Berura 27:16 </ref> a toupee <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 4:40 says that if removing it in public would embarrass the person that he should put on tfillin in private with a beracha without the toupee and then go to shul and put it on there over the toupee without a beracha but hair that is transplanted it is considered part of the head and is not a problem. see http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2233 </ref>, 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 Berura 27:14-15 agrees to this, and says that it also could be hard to keep the tfillin lined up between the eyes and at the right height with long hair. Aruch Hashulchan 27:14 as well as Rav Ovadia (Yechave Daat 2:2/22) say that really long hair is not such a big problem and you have on who to rely. The Aruch Hashulchan says only hair moved from another place would be problematic. </ref> are all potentially problematic. | ||
==Proper conduct while wearing Tefillin== | ==Proper conduct while wearing Tefillin== | ||
