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* The Bet Yosef 43:7 quotes the Rabbenu Yerucham who writes that entering a bathroom not to actually relieve oneself according to Tosfot it is permitted to enter with tefillin, while according to Rav Hai Goan it is an issue. The Bet Yosef quotes Rosh Tefillin no. 20 who clearly sides with Tosfot. Rama 43:5 writes that it is better to be strict for Rav Hai Goan. Magen Avraham 43:9 argues that there’s no dispute and certainly it is forbidden. Mishna Brurah 43:19 agrees.</ref> | * The Bet Yosef 43:7 quotes the Rabbenu Yerucham who writes that entering a bathroom not to actually relieve oneself according to Tosfot it is permitted to enter with tefillin, while according to Rav Hai Goan it is an issue. The Bet Yosef quotes Rosh Tefillin no. 20 who clearly sides with Tosfot. Rama 43:5 writes that it is better to be strict for Rav Hai Goan. Magen Avraham 43:9 argues that there’s no dispute and certainly it is forbidden. Mishna Brurah 43:19 agrees.</ref> | ||
# In a place where one can’t leave the tefillin outside the bathroom, if one isn’t going to put on one’s Tefillin afterwards one should wrap them in a bag before entering the bathroom. If the bag is designated for the tefillin it is a covering as long as the pocket is at least one tefach, however, if the bag isn’t designated for the tefillin it is a covering even if it isn’t a tefach.<ref>Rabbi Yochanan in Gemara Brachot 23a states that if one isn’t going to wear tefillin after going to the bathroom he should wrap them in a bag before entering. Abaye explains that if the bag isn’t designated for the tefillin it is effective in any size but if it is designated then it has to be at least one tefach. Shulchan Aruch 43:6 codifies this as the halacha. Dirshu 43:19 clarifies that the implication of Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Brurah is that the bag needs to have a tefach before the tefillin are placed inside, even if they have less than a tefach of space after the tefillin are put inside.</ref> | # In a place where one can’t leave the tefillin outside the bathroom, if one isn’t going to put on one’s Tefillin afterwards one should wrap them in a bag before entering the bathroom. If the bag is designated for the tefillin it is a covering as long as the pocket is at least one tefach, however, if the bag isn’t designated for the tefillin it is a covering even if it isn’t a tefach.<ref>Rabbi Yochanan in Gemara Brachot 23a states that if one isn’t going to wear tefillin after going to the bathroom he should wrap them in a bag before entering. Abaye explains that if the bag isn’t designated for the tefillin it is effective in any size but if it is designated then it has to be at least one tefach. Shulchan Aruch 43:6 codifies this as the halacha. Dirshu 43:19 clarifies that the implication of Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Brurah is that the bag needs to have a tefach before the tefillin are placed inside, even if they have less than a tefach of space after the tefillin are put inside.</ref> | ||
# If someone is in the airport and he needs to go to the bathroom if he can leave his tefillin with another Jew he should leave it with him outside the bathroom, but if not he should bring the tefillin to protect it.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/891464/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-53-23ab-4-amos-mezuzah-meachorei-hadeles-tefillin-in-beis-hakissei-hazmanah-tashmishei-kedushah/ Rav Schachter (Brachot Shiur 53 min 55-6)] based on Gemara Brachot 23a and Shulchan Aruch 43:6</ref> | |||
===In a Private House=== | ===In a Private House=== | ||
# If one in a protected area like one’s own house then one shouldn’t bring tefillin into the bathroom at all even if they’re covered. Rather one should leave them in another room.<Ref>The Sefer Hatrumah no. 213 cited by Bet Yosef 43:7 writes that the leniencies that the gemara has regarding bringing tefillin into the bathroom are only for a bathroom near the outdoors where leaving tefillin outside isn’t an option since the tefillin won’t be protected. However, an indoor bathroom where there’s an option to leave the tefillin in another room one should do so. Tur and Shulchan Aruch 43:7 codify this opinion.</ref> | # If one in a protected area like one’s own house then one shouldn’t bring tefillin into the bathroom at all even if they’re covered. Rather one should leave them in another room.<Ref>The Sefer Hatrumah no. 213 cited by Bet Yosef 43:7 writes that the leniencies that the gemara has regarding bringing tefillin into the bathroom are only for a bathroom near the outdoors where leaving tefillin outside isn’t an option since the tefillin won’t be protected. However, an indoor bathroom where there’s an option to leave the tefillin in another room one should do so. Tur and Shulchan Aruch 43:7 codify this opinion.</ref> | ||
