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Child Place Parshiyos
Question: Our son is very excited for his upcoming bar-mitzva and has been learning about tefillin with his class. He mentioned that a couple of his friends got to place the parshiyos in their tefillin . We asked the sofer w…
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Selling Inherited Tefillin
Question: I inherited my grandfather’s tefillin a few years ago but do not need them, as I already have my own pair. May I sell them? Answer: The Mishna (Megilla 26a) teaches that when an item of kedusha is sold, the procee…
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Right or Left-Handed Tefillin
Question: Our son is turning bar-mitzva in a few months. While he is generally right-handed, and writes English with his right hand, he writes Hebrew with his left hand. Which arm should he wear his tefillin on? Answer: The…
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Tefillin While Seated
Question: I am a baal teshuva and have therefore adopted different practices from the various shuls I have attended. I have been sitting while putting on my tefillin shel yad and then standing before putting on the shel rosh …
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Tefillin After Maariv
Question: I davened maariv before shekia and then realised that I had not yet put on tefillin today. May I still wear tefillin ? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (OC 30:5) cites the Terumas Hadeshen (2:121), who rules that once …