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== Process of Putting Tefillin On== | == Process of Putting Tefillin On== | ||
# Right handed people wear the tefillin on their left arm and left handed people place it on their right arm. | |||
Right handed people wear the tefillin on their left arm and left handed people place it on their right arm. | # The Tefillin of the arm is put on before the Tefillin of the head. Therefore one should be careful to arrange the Tefillin in the case so that one takes the Tefillin shel yad first. | ||
# However, if one did take the Tefillin Shel Rosh first one must pass up that Tefillin and put on the Tefillin Shel yad first. <ref> S"A 25:5 </ref> | |||
# Before the strap of the arm-tefillin is tightened, the blessing of להניח תפילין is said. <ref> S"A 25:8 </ref> | |||
Upon placement of the head-tefillin: | Upon 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 | *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. <ref> S"A 25:5 </ref> | ||
It is strictly forbidden to talk between the placement of the arm and head-tefillin. | It is strictly forbidden to talk between the placement of the arm and head-tefillin. <ref> S"A 25:9 </ref> | ||
However, if one spoke by mistake, he must recite the beracha of al mitzvat tefillin as the Ashkenaz. | However, if one spoke by mistake, he must recite the beracha of al mitzvat tefillin as the Ashkenaz. <ref> S"A 25:9 </ref> | ||
*Ashkenazim, however, do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head-tefillin, before tightening it around the head. | *Ashkenazim, however, do recite a second blessing of על מצות תפילין on the head-tefillin, before tightening it around the head. <ref> Rama 25:5 </ref> | ||
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. | 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. <ref> Rama 25:5 </ref> | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
== When to Wear Tefillin == | == When to Wear Tefillin == | ||
