Who Is Obligated to Wear Tefillin?: Difference between revisions

There is an obligation for men over the age of [[Bar Mitzvah]] to wear [[Tefillin]] daily. <ref>Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot (Aseh 12 and 13). </ref> The obligation of [[Tefillin]] is mentioned four times in the Torah. <ref> The Torah mentions [[Tefillin]] twice when recalling 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: