Question: I am a BT from an Ashkenaz family that practiced conservative Judaism. I have tied Tefillin according to the Chabad custom most of my life because that’s where I… Read more »
Category: Tefillin
Tefillin Bag Material
Question: Is there any requirement regarding the type of material a tefillin bag (or tallis bag) can be made from? Can leather be used and if so, does it matter… Read more »
TEFILLIN IN LUGGAGE AIRPORT BATHROOM
Question: Hi, I travel a lot for work and have no one to watch my carry-on luggage when I go to the bathroom. Am I allowed to bring luggage in… Read more »
Fallen tefillin
Question: Hi Rabbi, This morning, I dropped my tefillin from about waist height with the the plastic covering to the floor. I immediately picked it up and kissed it. In… Read more »
Tefilin Chatzitzah
Question: I recently got stitches on my head which is covered with a band aid. Thus, the Band aid is slightly Chotzetz between the Retzuah and the skin. 1#. Do… Read more »
Shin on Tefillin Shel Rosh
Question: Is there a din regarding the amount that the shin must be embossed above the bayis? One of the lines on the shin got chipped, so if you were… Read more »
Accidently passed gass with tefillin
Question: What can I do to rectify this? Thank you Answer: First of all say to H-shem that you are sorry that this happened. After that, look if there is… Read more »
Which arm for tefillin?
Question: I use my right hand for tasks that involve precise control such as writing. However, my left hand and foot are used for most sports, since they are more… Read more »
No Tefillin
Question: What do I do if I don’t have Tefillin and can’t borrow someone else’s or get them Answer: You should do whatever you can to get tefiilin. If you… Read more »
righty putting tefilin on right arm
Question: What if a right-handed person is in the hospital and has bandages on his left arm- can he put his Shel Yad on his right arm? Answer: He may… Read more »
Tefillin with iv tubes
Question: How should one put on the arm tefillin if a bunch of iv tubes are attached Answer: The main part of the arm that the tefillin has to be… Read more »
How can I find out where is the upper limit for placing the tefillin shel rosh?
Question: How can I find out where makom shemocho shel tinok rofeis is with regard to the upper limit of the tefillin shel rosh? Answer: The Tur writes that makom… Read more »
Checking tefillin if they were left in the heat
Question: I am super paranoid of tefillin checking. I checked my tefillin after I just got it and they said the writings inside were of lower quality than what I paid… Read more »
Discussing arms for tefillin use
Question: Dear Rabbi, Are there instances why a man may put his tefillin on over his right arm rather than his left? Curious if this has come up. Medical studies… Read more »
Minhagim for Baal Teshuva
Question: About a year ago I walked into a Chabad house, with no intention to become a Lubavitcher, but to become more observant. Ever since then I got Chabad tefillin… Read more »
Checking Teffilin to make sure that they are black
Question: Does a person have to keep checking his ritzuas and battim to make sure their black or his he יוצא as long as פרשיות are כשר Answer: A person… Read more »
plastic tefilin/tallis bag – considered a 2nd cover?
Question: When traveling and tefillin must be taken into the airport/terminal bathroom, we need a cover within a cover. Is the clear plastic bag, whose purpose it is to protect… Read more »
Type of Tefillin that I should continue wearing
Question: I grew up with custom of Chabad style tefillin in Chabad family, and I later went off the derech for a few years and stopped wearing tefillin; I became… Read more »
Tefillin that fell inside their case
Question: A pair of (special) Tefillin that were wrapped in their plastic cases inside their pouch, which was inside a larger pouch which altogether was inside a carrying case (kis… Read more »
No Taggin on the Shins on my Tefillin
Question: If my tefillin shel rosh doesn’t have taggin (crowns) on the two shins, are they still kosher? Answer: Yes they are still kosher, even if the shin of the… Read more »
Long hair- Chatzitza for Tefillin
Question: Please help me clarify these questions regarding long hair for men, as they pertain to chatzitza for tefillin. I saw a different question on the site regarding long hair… Read more »
Gel in hair- chatzitza for tefillin?
Question: I put gel in my hair in the morning to keep my hair in shape— is that a chatzitza for my tefillin (shel rosh)? By the time I put… Read more »
Painting teffilin LESHMA
Question: I just read that if you painted teffilin not leshma you have to repaint it,but I colored so many different spots and not sure if I did leshma every… Read more »
Tefillin after Tefilla
Question: After an individual has Mekayem the Mitzva of Tefillin by Tefillat Shachrit, is there an issue to wear only one Tefilla (either Yad or Rosh) afterwards to learn, etc..,… Read more »
My talis knocked another guys teffilan wrapped up on the floor is it a bad sign
Question: My talis knocked another guys teffilan wrapped up on the floor is it a bad sign Answer: According to some opinions you should give a little bit of money… Read more »
Tefillin for ostomates?
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 »
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 »