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==Proper conduct while wearing Tefillin== | ==Proper conduct while wearing Tefillin== | ||
# It is forbidden to laugh or come to lightheartedness while wearing [[Tefillin]] because it remove one’s concentration from the [[Tefillin]] altogether. <Ref> Chaye Adam 14:15 and Mishna Brurah 44:3 </ref> | # It is forbidden to laugh or come to lightheartedness while wearing [[Tefillin]] because it remove one’s concentration from the [[Tefillin]] altogether. <Ref> Chaye Adam 14:15 and Mishna Brurah 44:3 </ref> | ||
# It’s preferable not to remove one’s thought from the [[Tefillin]] at all so as not to come to think bad thoughts. However, during [[Davening]] and learning one doesn’t need to keep one’s mind on [[Tefillin]] since one will certainly maintain a proper seriousness and fear of Hashem. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 44:3 writes that it’s preferable not to remove one’s mind from the [[Tefillin]] at all while wearing them so as not to comet to bad thoughts. | # It’s preferable not to remove one’s thought from the [[Tefillin]] at all so as not to come to think bad thoughts. However, during [[Davening]] and learning one doesn’t need to keep one’s mind on [[Tefillin]] since one will certainly maintain a proper seriousness and fear of Hashem. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 44:3 writes that it’s preferable not to remove one’s mind from the [[Tefillin]] at all while wearing them so as not to comet to bad thoughts. Beiur Halacha (D”H [[yashan]]) explains (based on Or Zaruha 585) that during [[Tefillah]] and learning one will certainly have a fear of heaven and not come to lightheartedness. </ref> | ||
# If one is not engaged in learning or praying and is still wearing the [[Tefillin]] one should occasionally touch one's [[Tefillin]] in order to keep one's attention focused to the [[Tefillin]]. <ref>S"A 28:1 writes that occasionally one should touch one's [[Tefillin]] in order to make sure that one's attention doesn't shift from thinking about the [[Tefillin]]. Mishna Brurah 28:2 writes that while one is praying one doesn't need to touch one's [[tefillin]] for this purpose. Mishna Brurah 44:3 adds that the same is true while one is learning. </ref> One should touch one's [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad and then the [[Tefillin]] Shel Rosh. <ref>S"A 28:1. Mishna Brurah 28:3 explains that this order was chosen in order that when one's hand (the one not wearing [[Tefillin]]) touches the [[Tefillin]] it doesn't pass over the closer mitzvah of touching the Shel Yad first. </ref> | # If one is not engaged in learning or praying and is still wearing the [[Tefillin]] one should occasionally touch one's [[Tefillin]] in order to keep one's attention focused to the [[Tefillin]]. <ref>S"A 28:1 writes that occasionally one should touch one's [[Tefillin]] in order to make sure that one's attention doesn't shift from thinking about the [[Tefillin]]. Mishna Brurah 28:2 writes that while one is praying one doesn't need to touch one's [[tefillin]] for this purpose. Mishna Brurah 44:3 adds that the same is true while one is learning. </ref> One should touch one's [[Tefillin]] Shel Yad and then the [[Tefillin]] Shel Rosh. <ref>S"A 28:1. Mishna Brurah 28:3 explains that this order was chosen in order that when one's hand (the one not wearing [[Tefillin]]) touches the [[Tefillin]] it doesn't pass over the closer mitzvah of touching the Shel Yad first. </ref> | ||
# Some people write the word [[tefillin]] in front of them while they wear like in their siddur, in order to maintain awareness of the [[tefillin]] while wearing them. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara Halacha 17 because Menachot 36a says that one must have awareness of his [[tefillin]] as long as he wears them because of their great holiness. </ref> | # Some people write the word [[tefillin]] in front of them while they wear like in their siddur, in order to maintain awareness of the [[tefillin]] while wearing them. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara Halacha 17 because Menachot 36a says that one must have awareness of his [[tefillin]] as long as he wears them because of their great holiness. </ref> | ||
