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==Tisha BeAv== | ==Tisha BeAv== | ||
# On Tisha B'Av, tefillin are worn at the afternoon service instead. This is because tefillin are considered an ornament or symbolic of a connection to God, both of which are inappropriate for a day of mourning the distance between God and the Jewish people. Wearing tefillin is thus delayed until the afternoon, when the mourning is considered to have passed its peak. | # On Tisha B'Av, tefillin are worn at the afternoon service instead. This is because tefillin are considered an ornament or symbolic of a connection to God, both of which are inappropriate for a day of mourning the distance between God and the Jewish people. Wearing tefillin is thus delayed until the afternoon, when the mourning is considered to have passed its peak. NEEDS SOURCE | ||
# However, many Jews, especially among Ashkenazi and Sepharadi Jerusalemites, do lay tefillin for the morning service as well. | # However, many Jews, especially among Ashkenazi and Sepharadi Jerusalemites, do lay tefillin for the morning service as well. NEEDS SOURCE | ||
# Another custom exists among some Sephardic Jews put on tefillin privately in their homes and then go to shul to pray without tefillin. | # Another custom exists among some Sephardic Jews put on tefillin privately in their homes and then go to shul to pray without tefillin.NEEDS SOURCE | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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