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== Halachot for the Scribe == | == Halachot for the Scribe == | ||
# The passages must be written in order the of the Torah (Kadesh, VeHaya Ki Yiviyecha, Shema, and then VeHaya Im Shamoa). <ref> S"A 32:1 </ref> It is preferable to write the passages for the arm Tefillin before writing the passages for the head Tefillin. <ref>Rama 32:1 </ref> | |||
# Those in the head Tefillin are written on four separate pieces of parchment, while those in the arm Tefilin are written on one piece of parchment. <ref> S"A 32:2</ref> | |||
# The parchment must be made from the skin of a kosher type of animal or bird. <ref> S"A 32:12 </ref> | |||
# The passages must be written with intent that they it should be written for the Kedusha of Tefillin. <ref>S"A 32:19 </ref> | |||
# The passages must be written with one's right hand if one is a right hand dominant or ambidextrous, however, a left-handed person must write the passages with his left hand. <ref>S"A 32:5. See Mishna Brurah 32:18 who quotes the Pri Megadim that preferably one shouldn't have a sofer who writes with the right hand and does other activities with the left hand or the opposite. </ref> | |||
# The passages must be written with black ink. <ref>S"A 32:3 </ref> | |||
# It's good to test out the pen before beginning to write a passage. <ref> S"A 32:22 </ref> | |||
# The passages for Tefillin must be written by a literate religious adult male Jew. <ref> S"A 32:30 and S"A 39:1 </ref> | |||
== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | == Process of Putting Tefillin On== | ||
