Question: What about people with stomas from colorectal cancers, Crohn’s disease, diverticuliitis, etc? In these cases, the stoma, or ostomy (intestine protruding through the abdominal wall instead of being attached… Read more »
Category: Tefillin
BM boy trusted for himself when he says he’s a gadol?
Question: I read the excellent piece http://dinonline.org/2015/11/23/bar-mitzvah-maturity-of-body-or-mind/ While a child over 13 without being checked or without facial hair can’t be motzee others in a Torah mitzvah or write tefillin,… Read more »
tefiilin
Question: Bchvod Harav, I put beard oil in my beard (and I realized also that there was some on my lips) and I kissed my retzuos afterwards im scared that… Read more »
Wearing tefillin at night.
Question: M”B brings from Pri Megadim that one cannot take off his tefillin in front of his rebbi when it’s approaching nightfall, before the rebbi takes off his own tefillin,… Read more »
If the yud is not touching the tefillin
Question: If one wore tefilin without the yud touching the bayis, has he fulfilled the mitzvah or must he re-wear them? Answer: He doesn’t have to put them on again,… Read more »
grandparents buying tefillin that don’t meet parents standard.
Question: For Rav Fleischman Shlit”a, Grandparents intend to purchase tefillin that don’t meet the level of hiddur the parents desire for their son. They either can’t really afford more, will… Read more »
Saying bracha on tefillin shel rosh quietly
Question: I was once told that a bracha over the tefillin shel rosh should be made silently? Is this correct? What about saying the bracha loud enough so someone can… Read more »
Tefillin bag
Question: A rabbi is putting tefillin on a non-religious Jew. The rabbi gives this Jew his yarmulke to wear. Is it permissible for the rabbi to cover his (the rabbi’s)… Read more »
coloring tefilin straps with sharpie pen
Question: Can I color the tefilin straps with a sharpie pen because i may have some white dots on them? Answer: Most probably you can dye the straps with the marker… Read more »
Tefillin Colored with Marker
Question: Hi, a few years ago, I dropped my Tefillin on a chair, and a slight bit of the paint chipped off. I then, as I was a young boy… Read more »
Minhag for Tying Tefillin Straps
Question: Hi, the way I tie my tefillin as taught to me by my father is to do 7 straps towards me and then the three on my finger and… Read more »
Tefillin on Band Aid
Do you put on tefilin when you have a band aid on your arm ? Answer: If the band aid is in the place of the actual tefillin, they may… Read more »
Gentile Assisting Putting on Tefillin
Is a non Jew allowed to put on Tfillin for a handicapped person. Answer: Yes, he may put them on, and the handicapped person can make the bracha. If possible… Read more »
Nocturnal Emission and Tefillin
Hello Rabbi- I had a very awkward incident occurr, and I wonder if I handled it properly. I took a nap in my car in a hospital parking lof, and… Read more »
Fallen Tefillin
Shalom. A handbag/briefcase containing a pair of Tefillin which were wrapped up in their plastic case and placed inside a Velvet zekel which were contained inside the plastic outercase fell… Read more »
Eating Before Tefillin
Is there any prohibition to eat before having put on tefillin (for example, if one recited the morning prayers without tefillin, and he will be putting on tefillin sometime in… Read more »
Disposing of Tefillin
I have several t’fillin from my father, father-in-law and myself that I would like to know the proper way to dispose of. Is it to simply bury them or is… Read more »
Hilchot Tisha Bav
Since this year Tisha Be’Av is Nidche until the 10th, when would be the earliest opportunity to launder clothes and to trim one’s hair? Also, at one point during the… Read more »
Donning Tefillin During Brachos
Shalom, Need/should one who is just about to recite the brachah over his tefillin refrain to answer amen to the shaliach tziburs birkas hashachar? What if they are concerned that… Read more »
Kashrut of Tefillin
Question: I bought a pair of tefillin over 15 years ago when I first became observant from a seforim store in New York for about $300. A … Read more »
Davening After Alot Hashachar
Shalom, When one is permitted to daven after a lot hashachar, when should they put on teffilin and when should the blessings be recited? (It seems ב”ה in ס’ נח… Read more »
Tefillin Dakos
I heard that as if R’Elyashib said that only Tefillin-Dakkot are correspond to Minhag-Avot not Tefillin-Gasot. Is it true? Answer: I have never heard of this. Sounds a little odd,… Read more »
Chabad Tefillin
Rav Shach made a public statement about Chabad followers calling their Rebbe the Mashiah. Rav Shach said on Youtube that one may not trust their shchita or send children to… Read more »
Tightening Tefillin Straps in Davening
If one is Davening Shmoneh Esrei during Shacharit and their Tefillin straps loosen and fall down their arm, should they fix it during Shmoneh Esrei or after? If after, should… Read more »
Keeping Many Tefillin Pairs in Bag
I have to travel. I use a number of pairs of Tefillin daily. If I wrap each Tefilla separately in bubble-wrap, could I place all the Tefillas together in one… Read more »
Putting on Tefillin after Accepting Shabbos
If a person accepted Shabbos early and then remembered that he didn’t put on tefillin that day, and it’s still before shkia, what should he do? Also, if he accepted… Read more »
Tallis Before Tefillin
I read that ancient Minhag before Shulchan-Aruch era was to put on Tefillin first then Tallit-Gadol. Is it true? Answer: I am not aware of this custom. The Shulchan Aruch… Read more »
Touching Tefillin at Poseach es Yadecha
When was the Minhag of touching Tefillin during “Poteach” in Ashreh Tehillim 145 appeared? Is it Minhag of Shulchan-Aruch era or Rashi? Answer: It does not appear to be an… Read more »
Kesav for Tefillin
בס”ד Shalom, The halachic question I have pertains to the use of Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin – I decided that I wish to incorporate its use in my daily life. The… Read more »
Intent for Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin
It says that when one wears 2 pairs of Tefilin, Rashi & Rabbeinu Tam, one should have in mind that whichever is not according to halacha should be regarded as… Read more »
Ktav Ari for Tefillin
BS”D I’m ashkinazi and try to follow chasidishe practices and customs (I’m a baal teshuva). I was recently told that my Tefillin parshios are written in ksav beis yosef and… Read more »
Using Cow-Hair for Tefilling
Why is using se’aros to wrap the parshios of the tefillin (to remember the cheit ha’egel) not “kataygor na’aseh sanaygor”? Answer: The different parts of Tefillin are made of animal… Read more »
Tefillin after Shekiya
Hi, is it permissible to put rabbeinu tam tefilin during ben hashemashot for one who puts it everyday but couldn’t put it earlier in that day , as not to… Read more »
Selling Tefillin to Non-Jew
Is one allowed to sell tefillin to someone who is GOING to convert to judaism (therefore, learning to put on tefillin) but hasn’t yet actually converted? Answer: Yes, this is… Read more »
Tefillin All Day on Rosh Chodesh
If after Shachris (wearing Rashi Tefillin) one lays Rabbenu Tam Tefillin and after removing R.T. Tefillin, he wants to re-lay Rashi Tefillin, can he do that? How much time must… Read more »
Tefillin for Chol HaMoed
On Chol Hamoed Pesach when does one remove their Tephillin. Are there different Practices? If so please list all. Thank you. Answer: The original Ashkenaz custom was to leave on… Read more »
Tefillin on Chol ha-Moed Pesach
Question: Does one wear Tefillin on Chol ha-Moed Pesach? Answer: Many refrain from wearing Tefillin on Chol ha-Moed. Some wear Tefillin but refrain from reciting a berachah. You should follow the… Read more »
Chatzitzah for Tefillin
According to the RASBA can someone actually put on tefillin over his shirt?Could you explain the shita? Answer: Yes, there is indeed a dispute among Rishonim over this point, and… Read more »
Eating Before Tallit
What is the latest time one can eat before Tallit and Tefillin in the morning? Answer: One cannot eat after Alos Ha-Shachar. The reason is the prohibition of “lo tochlu… Read more »
Suing for non-Kosher Tefillin
If a person finds that his parshat or tefillin were not kosher to begin with even after a number of reliable and respected sofrim checked them and you were assured… Read more »
Chatzitzah for Tefillin
What constitutes a CHAZIZAH regarding tefillin? Is a spec of dust, dandruff, loose skin particle? What about water after a shower remaining on your hair? Please be elaborate. Does it… Read more »
Strap Under Tefillin
Hi, can one who is using the shel yad on the opposite hand (because of a injury). slightly wrap the strap over the right under part of the shel yad… Read more »
Can I Wear Tefillin with Catheter
What is the halacha regarding saying berochos or wearing Tefillin while in hospital attached to a catheter which empties out urine into a container. I know there is some discussion… Read more »
Painted Tefillin
If someone who borrows my tefillin marker uses it without saying “l’sheim kedushas tefillin”, would that invalidate the marker for further usage? Answer: The marker remains fine, and can be… Read more »
Drop of Blood on Tefillin Straps
I have recently had a bloody nose during shacharis, and a drop of blood got on the inner part of my tefillin retzuos hanging down from my Shel Rosh. Do… Read more »
Tallis on Tefillin
When I put away my tallis and tefillin, I do it in a way that I reach my talis first. Is it a problem if my talis is on top… Read more »
Putting on Tefillin Outside Shul
Why is it that people people put on their talis and tefilin in shul? Isn’t it better to put them on before one enters the sanctuary? Yet, I don’t see… Read more »
Women Finding Tefillin on Shabbos
If a woman finds a tallis or tefillin in the reshus harabbim on Shabbos, what should she do? Is she allowed to put them on and walk to a place… Read more »
Painting Maavarta Black
Do the maavarta cuts in Tefillin have to be blackened? Is this just a chumra? Answer: The maavarta cuts that are seen from the outside must be painted black, as… Read more »
Gid Showing Through Battim
I have recently ordered new tefillin from a sofer recommended to me in Jerusalem. I am concerned with the stitching on the batim. Whilst it is perfectly square,the gid is… Read more »