Sage-Tips

Who can wear tefillin?

Tefillin (sometimes called phylacteries) are cubic black leather boxes with leather straps that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their head and their arm during weekday morning prayer. Observant Jews consider wearing tefillin to be a very great mitzvah (command).

What do you say when you wear tefillin?

Here’s how it sounds: Baruch atah Ado-nai, Elo-heinu melech ha’olam, asher kideshanu b’mitzvotav, v’tzivanu l’haniach tefillin. Here’s what it means: Blessed are You, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us to put on tefillin.

Do you put tefillin on Tisha B Av?

The custom is to not put on tefillin for morning services (Shacharit) of Tisha b’Av, and not a talit, rather only wear the personal talit kattan without a blessing. At Mincha services tzitzit and tefilin are worn, with proper blessings prior to donning them.

Can non-Jews be sued for praying with tefillin and tallit?

If a non-Jew prays with tefillin and a tallit (phylacteries and a prayer shawl), he won’t be sued, but traditionally Jews would prefer that non-Jews refrain from following customs that might make other people mistake them for Jews. Distinctions are a big theme in Judaism: milk-based food from meat-based food]

Do you put on the Talit or tefillin first?

When a Talit is worn during the prayer, the Talit should be put on first and then the Tefillin; but when the prayer is concluded, the Tefillin are removed first, in the manner described above, and then the Talit. On Tisha b’Av the Tefillin are not put on for the morning prayer, but for the afternoon prayer.

Are non-Jews allowed to wear tefillin?

The Shulchan Arukh prohibits non-Jews from writing the scrolls that go into tefillin (Orach Chaim 39:1), but it also mentions that if a non-Jew is in possession of tefillin one makes the assumption that they are kosher. Nowhere, however, does it refer to non-Jews who choose to wear them.

Do you put on Tefilin on the 17th of Tammuz?

Do I put my Tiffilin on today, the 17th of Tammuz, the day of mourning for 5 things that happened to the Jewish People, especially the destruction of the Second Temple? Reply Yes, Tefillin are worn on the 17 of Tammuz. Reply Do we put on Teffilin on Shavuot?