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# All men above the age of 13 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 does not, transgresses eight commandments (4 for the hand and 4 for the head). </ref> | # All men above the age of 13 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 does not, transgresses eight commandments (4 for the hand and 4 for the head). </ref> | ||
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# [[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, it is preferable for women not to fulfill this mitzvah of [[Tefillin]]. <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, it is preferable for women not to fulfill this mitzvah of [[Tefillin]]. <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: | ||
