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== Torah Sources == | == Torah Sources == | ||
All men above the age of thirteen are required to put on tefillin daily. Women are exempt because it is a time-bound mitzva. | |||
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."<ref> Exodus 13:9 </ref> | #"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."<ref> Exodus 13:9 </ref> | ||
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*The straps must be black on the outside and the head tfillin should be knotted in the form of the letter dalet while the strap that is passed through the arm-tefillin is formed into a knot in the shape of the letter yod. | *The straps must be black on the outside and the head tfillin should be knotted in the form of the letter dalet while the strap that is passed through the arm-tefillin is formed into a knot in the shape of the letter yod. | ||
== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | |||
Before the strap of the arm-tefillin is tightened, the blessing of להניח תפילין is said. | |||
On placement of the head-tefillin: | |||
*Sephardic and Hasidic authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head-tefillin is not necessary and the one blessing on laying the arm-tefillin is sufficient. It is strictly forbidden to talk between the placement of the arm and head-tefillin. However, if one spoke by mistake, he must recite the beracha of al mitzvat tefillin as the Ashkenaz. | |||
*Ashkenazim, however, do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head-tefillin, before tightening it around the head. It is also customary to add the phrase ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד. because of the doubt as too the necessity of the beracha. (Orach Chaim 25:6 and Ramah there) | |||
After placing the head-tefillin the remainder of the arm-tefillin straps are then wound three times around the middle finger and around the hand. This is accompanied by the recitation of Hoshea 2:21 and 2:22 | |||
"'וארשתיך לי לעולם, וארשתיך לי בצדק ובמשפט ובחסד וברחמים, וארשתיך לי באמונה וידעת את ה". | |||
It is customary among Ashkenazi Jews to put and to remove the tefillin while standing(Ramah on Orach Chaim 25:11) while Sephardim sit for arm-tefillin and stand for head tefillin. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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