https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Who_Is_Obligated_to_Wear_Tefillin%3F&feed=atom&action=historyWho Is Obligated to Wear Tefillin? - Revision history2024-03-28T22:26:12ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Who_Is_Obligated_to_Wear_Tefillin%3F&diff=28119&oldid=prevUnknown user: /* Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin? */ shiva link2020-08-07T17:13:48Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin?: </span> shiva link</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># One who is unable to control his promiscuous thoughts 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># One who is unable to control his promiscuous thoughts 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#A mourner on the first day of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shiva </del>does not wear tefillin.<ref>Shulchan Arukh ,Yoreh De'ah 388</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#A mourner on the first day of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Shiva]] </ins>does not wear tefillin.<ref>Shulchan Arukh ,Yoreh De'ah 388</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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 does not, transgresses eight commandments (four for the hand and four for the head). </ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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 does not, transgresses eight commandments (four for the hand and four for the head). </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) therefore women are exempt. Generally women are allowed to perform time bound mitzvot, however, it is preferable for women not to fulfill the mitzvah of [[Tefillin]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) therefore women are exempt. Generally women are allowed to perform time bound mitzvot, however, it is preferable for women not to fulfill the mitzvah of [[Tefillin]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/843663/rabbi-hershel-schachter/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ "Kol HaEdah Kulam Kedoshim"], Rav Hershel Schachter explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/843663/rabbi-hershel-schachter/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ "Kol HaEdah Kulam Kedoshim"], Rav Hershel Schachter explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># All men above the age of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">13 </del>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 (four for the hand and four for the head). </ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># All men above the age of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thirteen </ins>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 (four for the hand and four for the head). </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) therefore women are exempt. Generally women are allowed to perform time bound mitzvot, however, it is preferable for women not to fulfill the mitzvah of [[Tefillin]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) therefore women are exempt. Generally women are allowed to perform time bound mitzvot, however, it is preferable for women not to fulfill the mitzvah of [[Tefillin]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and so </del>women are exempt. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Even though usually </del>women are allowed to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fulfill </del>mitzvot <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from which they are exempt</del>, it is preferable for women not to fulfill <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this </del>mitzvah of [[Tefillin]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[Tefillin]] is a [[Mitzvah Aseh SheHaZman Grama]] (time bound mitzvah) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therefore </ins>women are exempt. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Generally </ins>women are allowed to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">perform time bound </ins>mitzvot<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, however</ins>, it is preferable for women not to fulfill <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>mitzvah of [[Tefillin]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/843663/rabbi-hershel-schachter/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ "Kol HaEdah Kulam Kedoshim"], Rav Hershel Schachter explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/843663/rabbi-hershel-schachter/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ "Kol HaEdah Kulam Kedoshim"], Rav Hershel Schachter explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees (Tzedukim) even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees (Tzedukim) even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td></tr>
</table>Unknown userhttps://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Who_Is_Obligated_to_Wear_Tefillin%3F&diff=28098&oldid=prevUnknown user: /* Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin? */2020-08-07T01:52:37Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin?</span></span></p>
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</table>Unknown userhttps://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Who_Is_Obligated_to_Wear_Tefillin%3F&diff=28097&oldid=prevUnknown user: /* Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin? */2020-08-07T01:48:12Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># One who is unable to control his promiscuous thoughts 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># One who is unable to control his promiscuous thoughts 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></div></td></tr>
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</table>Unknown userhttps://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Who_Is_Obligated_to_Wear_Tefillin%3F&diff=27382&oldid=prevUnknown user: fixed link2020-07-20T20:41:51Z<p>fixed link</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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> Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). Biur HaGra Orach 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a "Kol HaEdah Kulam Kedoshim", </del>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/843663/rabbi-hershel-schachter/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/] explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/843663/rabbi-hershel-schachter/%d7%9b%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Kol HaEdah Kulam Kedoshim"</ins>]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Rav Hershel Schachter </ins>explains his position on this topic of women wearing [[Tefillin]] as follows:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees (Tzedukim) even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees (Tzedukim) even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* When developing new [[Minhagim]] such as women wearing [[Tefillin]], [[Tzitzit]], or a [[Kippah]], there is an obvious need to consult with a leading posek of the generation. It is a mistake to think that everyone who went to Yeshiva and knows how to find the right seforim, sometimes by searching online, should be able to decide halacha. Real questions of Minhag and Halacha should be presented to a major posek, who deals with the difficult Halachic questions of the generation.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* When developing new [[Minhagim]] such as women wearing [[Tefillin]], [[Tzitzit]], or a [[Kippah]], there is an obvious need to consult with a leading posek of the generation. It is a mistake to think that everyone who went to Yeshiva and knows how to find the right seforim, sometimes by searching online, should be able to decide halacha. Real questions of Minhag and Halacha should be presented to a major posek, who deals with the difficult Halachic questions of the generation.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mitzvah </del>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 (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">4 </del>for the hand and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">4 </del>for the head). </ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># All men above the age of 13 are required to put on [[Tefillin]] daily.<ref> The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Rambam<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(Sefer HaMitzvot Mitzvah Aseh 12 and 13) and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sefer HaChinuch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(421) record this as a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mitzvah </ins>that applies to every male individual even nowadays. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Rambam<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>there says based on the gemara in Menachot 44a that one who is obligated to wear [[Tefillin]] but does not, transgresses eight commandments (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">four </ins>for the hand and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">four </ins>for the head). </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">S”A </del>and Rama 38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gra in his comments to </del>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></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shulchan Aruch </ins>and Rama <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Orach Chaim </ins>38:3, Mitzvat Nashim (pg 35). <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Biur HaGra Orach </ins>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></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Tzedukim) </ins>even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* When developing new Minhagim such as women wearing [[Tefillin]], [[Tzitzit]], or [[Kippah]], there is an obvious need to consult with a leading posek of the generation. It is a mistake to think that everyone who went to Yeshiva and knows how to find the right seforim, sometimes by searching online, should be able to decide halacha. Real questions of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">minhag </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">halacha </del>should be presented to a major posek, who deals with the difficult <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">halachic </del>questions of the generation.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* When developing new <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Minhagim<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>such as women wearing [[Tefillin]], [[Tzitzit]], or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>[[Kippah]], there is an obvious need to consult with a leading posek of the generation. It is a mistake to think that everyone who went to Yeshiva and knows how to find the right seforim, sometimes by searching online, should be able to decide halacha. Real questions of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Minhag </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Halacha </ins>should be presented to a major posek, who deals with the difficult <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Halachic </ins>questions of the generation.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Women wearing [[Tefillin]] is a symbol of the Conservative movement and it is crucial that the Orthodox community distinguishes itself. It is irrelevant to what extent woman can volunteer by the mitzvah of [[Tefillin]] because in our context, this is a clear symbol of the Conservative movement. As a precedent, Rav Soloveitchik absolutely <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forbad </del>performing a Bat Mitzvah in the middle of [[davening]] similar to a [[Bar Mitzvah]], the way the Conservatives did.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Women wearing [[Tefillin]] is a symbol of the Conservative movement and it is crucial that the Orthodox community distinguishes itself. It is irrelevant to what extent woman can volunteer by the mitzvah of [[Tefillin]] because in our context, this is a clear symbol of the Conservative movement. As a precedent, Rav Soloveitchik absolutely <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forbade </ins>performing a Bat Mitzvah in the middle of [[davening]] similar to a [[Bar Mitzvah]], the way the Conservatives did.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* See also Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 4:49) where he opposes any attempt to allow women to wear [[Tefillin]]. </ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* See also Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 4:49) where he opposes any attempt to allow women to wear [[Tefillin]]. </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 [[Kriyat 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:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 [[Kriyat 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:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The Rabbis of the Mishna felt the need to display their disagreement with the Sadducees even when the Tzeduki opinion was a stringency, such as it was regarding Parah Adumah. Nonetheless, because the Rabbis noticed that their opinion was anti-Torah SheBaal Peh, in cases of disagreement the Rabbis made their position very evident. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* See also Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 4:49) where he opposes any attempt to allow women to wear [[Tefillin]]. </ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* See also Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 4:49) where he opposes any attempt to allow women to wear [[Tefillin]]. </ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td></tr>
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</table>Unknown userhttps://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Who_Is_Obligated_to_Wear_Tefillin%3F&diff=26015&oldid=prevUnknown user: /* Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin? */2020-06-07T20:44:08Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who is obligated and who exempt from wearing Tefillin?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># 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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># The common Minhag is that a boy under the age of 13 wears [[</del>Tefillin<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] only 2 or 3 months before his [[Bar Mitzvah]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:24. See Yechave Daat 2:4 for a variety of Minhagim</ref></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Children Wearing </ins>Tefillin<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># [[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></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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:</div></td></tr>
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