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== Torah Sources ==
== Torah Sources ==
The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah: twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt:
The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah: twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt:
"And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt."—Exodus 13:9
#"And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt."—Exodus 13:9
"And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt."—Exodus 13:16
#"And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt."—Exodus 13:16
and twice in the 1st two paragraphs of Kriat Shema:
and twice in the 1st two paragraphs of Kriat Shema:
"And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes."—Deuteronomy 6:8
#"And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes."—Deuteronomy 6:8
"You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes."—Deuteronomy 11:18
#"You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes."—Deuteronomy 11:18


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 18:51, 8 July 2010

==Teffilin==

  1. One should put on Talit before Teffilin. [1]Even if the Talit is only obligated in Tzitzit Derabbanan it still takes precedence to the Teffilin. [2]


Torah Sources

The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah: twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt:

  1. "And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt."—Exodus 13:9
  2. "And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt."—Exodus 13:16

and twice in the 1st two paragraphs of Kriat Shema:

  1. "And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes."—Deuteronomy 6:8
  2. "You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes."—Deuteronomy 11:18

References

  1. S”A 25:1 says that the Talit goes first because we want to increase in Kedusha from Talit to Teffilin.
  2. Halacha Brurah 25:7.