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# The minimum requirement is to have Tefillin on during Kriyat Shema and [[Shemoneh Esrei]]. <ref> S"A 25:4. The gemara in Berachot 14b says that if a person recites the morning shema without tefillin it is as if he is testifying falsely about himself when he says the pasuk that discusses the obligation to wear tefillin while he is not fulfilling it. The Zohar 93b speaks highly of one who prays the amida with his tefillin. </ref>  
# The minimum requirement is to have Tefillin on during Kriyat Shema and [[Shemoneh Esrei]]. <ref> S"A 25:4. The gemara in Berachot 14b says that if a person recites the morning shema without tefillin it is as if he is testifying falsely about himself when he says the pasuk that discusses the obligation to wear tefillin while he is not fulfilling it. The Zohar 93b speaks highly of one who prays the amida with his tefillin. </ref>  
# The problem with wearing them all day is the necessity to remove them when encountering an unclean place and the requirement to constantly have in mind the knowledge that they are being worn.
# The problem with wearing them all day is the necessity to remove them when encountering an unclean place and the requirement to constantly have in mind the knowledge that they are being worn.
# If one has a choice between praying the amida with the tzibbur or waiting for a pair of tefillin he should wait for the tefillin and pray alone unless the time for praying is going to pass. <ref> Magen Avraham 66:12, Kitzur S"A 22:6, Kaf Hachayim 25:28 </ref>
# If one is waiting for a pair of tefillin and the time to say keriat shema may pass, he should recite shema without tefillin. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 1:4 and he doesn't fall into the category of people criticized by the gemara berachot 14b mentioned above. </ref>
# If one is waiting for a pair of tefillin and the time to say keriat shema may pass, he should recite shema without tefillin. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 1:4 and he doesn't fall into the category of people criticized by the gemara berachot 14b mentioned above. </ref>
# When one says Vekeshartem LeOt Al Yadecha one should touch one's Tefillin shel Yad and when one says VeHayu VeTotafot Ben Aynecha one should touch one's Tefillin shel rosh. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 28:2</ref>
# When one says Vekeshartem LeOt Al Yadecha one should touch one's Tefillin shel Yad and when one says VeHayu VeTotafot Ben Aynecha one should touch one's Tefillin shel rosh. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 28:2</ref>
# Some have the minhag to touch their Tefillin when they say the following prayers: Oter Yisrael BeTifara (Tefillin shel Rosh only), Ozer Yisrael BeGevura (Tefillin shel yad only), Kadesh Li Kol Bechor, at the words Yehe Kavod and Maasbeha Lechol chay ratzon in Hodu, Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh in Birkat Yotzer, Hashem Sifatay Tiftach, Hamivarech Et Amo BaShalom. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 28:2</ref>
# Some have the minhag to touch their Tefillin when they say the following prayers: Oter Yisrael BeTifara (Tefillin shel Rosh only), Ozer Yisrael BeGevura (Tefillin shel yad only), Kadesh Li Kol Bechor, at the words Yehe Kavod and Maasbeha Lechol chay ratzon in Hodu, Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh in Birkat Yotzer, Hashem Sifatay Tiftach, Hamivarech Et Amo BaShalom. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 28:2</ref>
# If it is after sunset but before tzet hakochavim and one hasn’t put on tefillin, he still can. <ref> Magen Avraham 30:2. </ref> Once tzet hakochavim passes you cannot. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 30:2, Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 7:7:5. </ref>
==Borrowing Tefillin==
==Borrowing Tefillin==
# One may borrow somebody's tefillin without receiving the owner's permission, as long as the owner is not there to ask permission from. <ref> Rama 14:4, Chesed La'alafim 14:4 based on the idea that somebody is happy to have his belongings used for a mitzva. Kaf Hachayim 14:19 says this only applies if the owner is not present to ask permission from him. </ref> This doesn't apply if the owner placed them in a place where it's obvious he doesn't want them being used, or if someone uses them on a permanent basis. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 14:27 </ref> Also, after borrowing the tefillin one must place them back wherever they were. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 14: 22 </ref>
# One may borrow somebody's tefillin without receiving the owner's permission, as long as the owner is not there to ask permission from. <ref> Rama 14:4, Chesed La'alafim 14:4 based on the idea that somebody is happy to have his belongings used for a mitzva. Kaf Hachayim 14:19 says this only applies if the owner is not present to ask permission from him. </ref> This doesn't apply if the owner placed them in a place where it's obvious he doesn't want them being used, or if someone uses them on a permanent basis. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 14:27 </ref> Also, after borrowing the tefillin one must place them back wherever they were. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 14: 22 </ref>