Question: Since it's my first time buying tefillin for my son, I have some questions: Is there a preference that the sofer be a married person as opposed to…
Question: Since it's my first time buying tefillin for my son, I have some questions: Is there a preference that the sofer be a married person as opposed to…
I've seen so many people doing this, yet I was never told to do this. Do I need to begin doing this? Answer: There are different customs between…
Question: More specifically: can a bochur who has only had his hanochos teffilin fix the "yud" of his teffilin shel yad kesher? Answer: A קטן is פסול to…
Q. Should I try to put tefillin with him on both arms? A. Yes. Q. Which arm would be optimal to put on tefillin with him (assuming he…
Sources: What is the source for being careful that the straps hanging from the Tefillin Shel Rosh should not flip over? Is it necessary to put them in one’s…
Question: If someone put on Tefillin before Alos Hashachar but Shema was said after Alos (and the tefillin were taken off before zman tefillin began); Must the person put…
He may. He may even put on kosher Tefillin if necessary, if he is in the process of giyur. Sources: ע״פ דין, הרי מותר גם לב״נ - ראה…
אותיות יוצאות מהשורה בתפילין
ב״ה כבוד הרה״ג הרה״ח וכו׳ וכו׳ מרא דאתרא חבר בד״צ דקראון הייטס הרב יוסף ישעי׳ שליט״א שלום וברכה מרובה. אחדשה״ט. הפרשיות האלו שייכים לבחור שנמצא בבית רפואה ויהיה שם…
Question: I can't hold in going to the bathroom for more than 72 minutes at a time. The issue is for ketanim specifically, as it’s a prostate issue. I…
Question continued: Is it an inyan in general or only when writing Hashem's name? Is a shower good enough, or it doesn't help since it is not good for…
Questions: I know that Shulchan Oruch allows one to have a snack while wearing Tefillin. We often have yahrtzeits in our minyan and after davening people say lechayim on…
Question: A patient in hospital semi-conscious with an open toilet in the room, no divider and no curtain. Do we put Tefillin on? with a Bracha? How about if…
Question: Just had my Tefillin checked by the Sofer who mentioned there were unusual larger spaces in some of the words. But he said they are kosher. But the…
The Alter Rebbe brings (25:8 and in siddur) that if the street is filthy, one should not walk in the street with tefillin. With big tefillin, it is difficult…
Question: If I had to interrupt (to say Kedusha for example) in between putting on Teffilin Shel Yad and Shel Rosh and therefore must say an additional Bracha, do…
האם תפילין הם מוקצה גמור בימינו?
מענה: דין התפלין ככלי שמלאכתו לאיסור שמותר לטלטלו לצורך גופו ומקומו, אלא אם כן במי שמקפיד מאד על התפלין ולא ישתמש בו לשום דבר. מקורות: ראה שו״ע אדה״ז…
Question: Sometimes on mivtzoim I meet a Jew who wants to put on tefillin but he has a “chup” or a huge ponytail is there any point of putting…
Preferably not. See also: https://asktherav.com/17434-covering-tefillin-or-arm-when-making-the-bracha-on-tefillin/ Sources: כן המנהג בכ״מ. ובכמה מאחרונים התנו כן להדיא בהיתר הכיסוי - ראה לדוגמא נמוקי הגרי״ב מכת״י בשו״ע הוצאת מכון ירושלים או״ח…
The widespread Chabad custom is not to. If the case usually worn on the tefillin has holes in it, it’s recommended to cover the Shel Yad with the sleeve.…
Start Time: The morning Shema can be said anytime from misheyakir, a time when one can recognize a friend, until three halachic hours in the day have passed. Both…
