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There is an obligation for men over the age of [[Bar Mitzvah]] to wear [[Tefillin]] daily. <ref>Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot (Aseh 12 and 13). See further in the [[#Who is obligated?]] section.</ref> The obligation of [[tefillin]] is mentioned four times in the Torah. <ref> The torah mentions [[Tefillin]] twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt as in Exodus 13:9 it reads "And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of God may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did God bring you out of Egypt." and 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 God bring us forth out of Egypt." and twice in the first two paragraphs of Kriat Shema as in Deuteronomy 6:8 it says "And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." and lastly in 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." </ref> The details of the laws are described below:
[[File:Tefillin.jpg|thumb|right|''A pair of Tefillin wrapped in their cases'' ]]
==Who is obligated? Who is exempt?==
# All men above the age of thirteen are required to put on [[tefillin]] daily. <ref> The Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot Mitzvah Aseh 12 and 13) and Sefer HaChinuch (421) record this as a mitzvah that applies to every male individual even nowadays. Rambam there says based on the gemara in Menachot 44a that one who is obligated to wear [[tefillin]] but doesn't, transgresses eight commandments (4 for the hand and 4 for the head). </ref>
# The common minhag is that a minor wears [[Tefillin]] only 2 or 3 months before his [[Bar Mitzvah]].<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:24</ref>
# [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) and so women are exempt. Even though usually women are allowed to fulfill mitzvot from which they are exempt, by [[Tefillin]] it’s preferable that women do not fulfill this mitzvah. <ref> S”A and Rama 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). See Targum Yonatan Ben Uziel on Devarim 22:5 who includes a woman wearing [[Tefillin]] in the category of Lo Yehey Kli Gever Al Isha. </ref>
# One who is shirtless cannot wear [[tefillin]]. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, who is obligated in [[tefillin]] and who is exempt, seif 2 </ref>
# One who is unable to control his promiscuous thought is exempt from [[tefillin]]. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, who is obligated in [[tefillin]] and who is exempt, seif 5 </ref>
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