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*The coloring can be done at night. <ref> Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg quoted in Mivakshei Torah volume 4 page 415. </ref> | *The coloring can be done at night. <ref> Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg quoted in Mivakshei Torah volume 4 page 415. </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> | # 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> | ||
# The minimum width of the Tefillin straps is the width of a barley kernel, which is approximately a centimeter. <ref>Kitzur S"A 10:13 writes that the minimum width of the Tefillin straps is the width of a barley kernel. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur S"A 10:16) writes that the size of a barley is one centimeter.</ref> | |||
== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | == Process of Putting Tefillin On== | ||
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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 | # 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 10:22, 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> | # 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> | ||
==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 S"A 10:20, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur 10:26)</ref> | |||
# One should remove one's Tefillin shel rosh before one's Tefillin shel yad.<ref>Kitzur 10:20</ref> | |||
# One shouldn't remove one's Talit until one removed one's Tefillin.<ref>Kitzur 10:20</ref> | |||
# One shouldn't remove one's Tefillin until after Uva Letzion.<ref>Kitzur 10:19</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> | ||
