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# It's good to test out the pen before beginning to write a passage. <ref> S"A 32:22 </ref> | # It's good to test out the pen before beginning to write a passage. <ref> S"A 32:22 </ref> | ||
# The passages for Tefillin must be written by a literate religious adult male Jew. <ref> S"A 32:30 and S"A 39:1 </ref> | # The passages for Tefillin must be written by a literate religious adult male Jew. <ref> S"A 32:30 and S"A 39:1 </ref> | ||
==Halachot of the Straps (Retzuot)== | |||
# The minimum length of the strap for the tefillin for the arm is at least long enough to wrap around the upper arm and extend downwards to the hand and wrapped around the middle finger three times. Preferably though it should be long enough to wrap around the arm six or seven times. <ref> S:A 27:8. Mishna Berura 27:31 says the custom nowadays is seven times. </ref> | |||
# The minimum length of the strap for the tefillin of the head is at least enough to go around the head plus two tefachim on each side going down. <ref> Mishna Berura 27:44 </ref> The custom is that the right one be longer than the left one and that both go past the midsection. <ref> Mishna Berura 27:41 </ref> | |||
# The straps should be colored black. <ref> S"A 33:3 says that this is a halacha limoshe misinai. Mishna Berura 33:19 says they should be as black as a raven and adds that one should be especially careful at the spot where one tightens the tefillin as the paint there wears off easily. </ref> | |||
# One should ensure that the black of the straps is facing outward. <ref> S"A 27:11. Mishna Berura 27:38 says that one really only has to make sure that the part around the head and around the arm muscle has the black on the outside but it looks nicer to make sure the whole thing is that way. </ref> | |||
== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | == Process of Putting Tefillin On== | ||
