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# 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> | # 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> | ||
==Placement of the Tefilin== | |||
# The tefilin shel yad should be placed so that when one's arm is down the tefilin box is facing one's heart. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, place of donning and how to don, seif 1 </ref> | |||
== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | == Process of Putting Tefillin On== | ||
