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==Who is obligated? Who is exempt?== | ==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> | # 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 | # The common Minhag is that a minor wears [[Tefillin]] only 2 or 3 months before his [[Bar Mitzvah]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 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). Gra in his comments to 38:3 writes that it is forbidden for women to wear [[Tefillin]]. 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> Some maintain strongly that women should not wear [[Tefillin]]. <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). Gra in his comments to 38:3 writes that it is forbidden for women to wear [[Tefillin]]. 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> Some maintain strongly that women should not wear [[Tefillin]]. <ref> | ||
In a letter dated Adar I 5774 (February 2014), [http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/213379/women-in-tefillin-rav-hershel-shachter-slams-rabbis-permitting-women-to-wear-tefillin.html Rav Hershel Schachter] explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows: | In a letter dated Adar I 5774 (February 2014), [http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/213379/women-in-tefillin-rav-hershel-shachter-slams-rabbis-permitting-women-to-wear-tefillin.html Rav Hershel Schachter] explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows: | ||
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* Additionally, see Rabbi Mansour on [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2641 dailyhalacha.com] on this topic who also writes clearly that women should not wear [[Tefillin]]. See also Kaf Hachaim 38:9 | * Additionally, see Rabbi Mansour on [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2641 dailyhalacha.com] on this topic who also writes clearly that women should not wear [[Tefillin]]. See also Kaf Hachaim 38:9 | ||
* See also Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 4:49) where he opposes any attempt to allow women to wear [[Tefillin]]. </ref> | * See also Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 4:49) where he opposes any attempt to allow women to wear [[Tefillin]]. </ref> | ||
# One who is shirtless cannot wear [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Kitzur | # One who is shirtless cannot wear [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 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 | # One who is unable to control his promiscuous thought is exempt from [[Tefillin]]. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, who is obligated in [[Tefillin]] and who is exempt, seif 5 </ref> | ||
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