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== When to Wear Tefillin ==
== When to Wear Tefillin ==
# Originally tefillin were laid all day, but not during the night.  
# One may put on Tefillin during the day and not during the night. <ref>S"A 30:2</ref> One may put them on in the morning from the time of [[MeSheYakir]].</ref>S"A 30:1</ref>
# Nowadays the prevailing custom is to lay them only during the weekday morning service. <ref> S"A Orach Chaim 37:2, Rambam Hilchot Tefillin 4:26 </ref>  
# Nowadays the prevailing custom is to lay them only during the weekday morning service. <ref> S"A Orach Chaim 37:2, Rambam Hilchot Tefillin 4:26 </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 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>  
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# Even though one is not obligated, it is praiseowrthy to have your tefillin checked every year particularly during the month of elul and the aseret yimei teshuva. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:49, http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356 </ref>
# Even though one is not obligated, it is praiseowrthy to have your tefillin checked every year particularly during the month of elul and the aseret yimei teshuva. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:49, http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356 </ref>
# If one didn't get his tefillin checked for a long time and later found out they were unkosher, he should increase his torah learning and some say he should take upon himself to also wear Rabbeinu Tam tefillin if he hasn't been already. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 3:8 </ref>  
# If one didn't get his tefillin checked for a long time and later found out they were unkosher, he should increase his torah learning and some say he should take upon himself to also wear Rabbeinu Tam tefillin if he hasn't been already. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 3:8 </ref>  


==[[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]]==
==[[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]]==
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==Tisha Be'Av==
==Tisha Be'Av==
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# The minhag is not to put on Tefillin for Shacharit of Tisha BeAv and only put it on for Mincha.<ref>S"A 551:1</ref>


==Chol Hamoed==
==Chol Hamoed==