{"id":6259,"date":"2010-01-15T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6259"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T08:39:16","slug":"02-15-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-15-11\/","title":{"rendered":"11 – Tefillin and Tzitzit while Reciting Shema"},"content":{"rendered":"

We must pray and recite Shema<\/i> of Shacharit<\/i> with tefillin<\/i>, as it says in the Shema<\/i> paragraph, \u201cAnd you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.\u201d The Chachamim<\/i> say, \u201cA person who recites Shema<\/i> without wearing tefillin<\/i> is as if he gives false testimony of himself\u201d (Berachot<\/i> 14b). Nevertheless, even a person who does not have tefillin<\/i> is required to recite Shema<\/i>, since these two mitzvot<\/i> are not interdependent. If a person cannot fulfill the mitzvah of tefillin<\/i>, he should at least fulfill the mitzvah of Shema<\/i>, and he is not considered giving false testimony, since it is due to circumstances beyond his control (Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 46:33; see earlier in this book 12:9, footnote 10).<\/p>\n

It is customary to touch the tefillin<\/i> of the arm when saying, \u201cBind them as a sign on your hand,\u201d and the tefillin<\/i> of the head while saying, \u201cAnd they shall be as frontlets between your eyes,\u201d and then to kiss the hand that touched the tefillin<\/i> (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 61:25; Chayei Adam<\/i> 14:15).<\/p>\n

It is also customary to wrap oneself in tzitzit<\/i> before Shacharit<\/i> since the third paragraph of Shema<\/i> discusses the mitzvah of tzitzit<\/i>. It is customary to hold the tzitziyot<\/i> with one\u2019s left hand adjacent to the heart during the time one says Shema<\/i> as a reminder of what is written, \u201cPut these words\u2026 on your heart\u201d (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 24:2). Some take the two tzitziyot<\/i> in front and others gather all four tzitziyot<\/i>.[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

It is customary before the paragraph of Vayomer<\/i> to take the tzitziyot<\/i> with one\u2019s right hand (Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 24:4) or with both hands (Kaf HaChaim<\/i> 24:8) and while saying the word \u201ctzitzit<\/i>,\u201d kiss the tzitzit<\/i>, and while saying, \u201cu\u2019re\u2019item oto<\/i>\u201d, (\u201cand you shall see them\u201d), look at them. Some pass them over their eyes and kiss them. It is also customary to kiss the tzitzit<\/i> at the end of the paragraph while saying \u201cemet<\/i>.\u201d We continue to hold the tzitziyot<\/i> until the words, \u201cv\u2019nechemadim la\u2019ad<\/i>,\u201d in Birkat<\/i> Emet V\u2019Yatziv<\/i>, and then we kiss the tzitziyot<\/i> again and put them down (Mishnah Beru<\/i>rah<\/i> 24:4; Kaf HaChaim<\/i> 24:8, 18). There are additional customs concerning this; however, all these customs are enhancements of the mitzvah and do not prevent one from fulfilling one’s obligation if they are not performed.<\/p>\n

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[9]<\/a>.\u00a0The <\/span>Shulchan<\/i>Aruch<\/i>, in 24:5 and 61:25, explains that a person takes the two <\/span>tzitziyot<\/i> in front of him. So writes <\/span>Yam Shel Shlomo<\/i> and the <\/span>Gra<\/i> in <\/span>Ma\u2019aseh Rav<\/i> 39. There is an additional reason to do so, for sometimes the search for the two <\/span>tzitziyot<\/i> in back can disrupt one\u2019s concentration while saying <\/span>Birkat<\/i>Ahavat<\/i>Olam<\/i>. However, the <\/span>Ari<\/i> says that one should take hold of all four <\/span>tzitziyot<\/i>, as is brought by <\/span>Kaf<\/i>HaChaim<\/i> 24:8, and so it is written in the <\/span>Birkei<\/i>Yosef<\/i> and <\/span>Kitzur<\/i>Shulchan<\/i>Aruch<\/i> 17:7. The <\/span>Birkei<\/i>Yosef<\/i> writes in the name of the <\/span>Ari<\/i> that one should hold his <\/span>tzitziyot<\/i> in his left hand between his ring finger and his pinky; so writes the <\/span>Mishnah<\/i>Berurah <\/i>24:4<\/span>.<\/i> Also see <\/span>Kaf<\/i>HaChaim<\/i> 24:9.<\/span>
\nA few Acharonim<\/i> write that a person should gather his tzitziyot<\/i> when he says, \u201cAnd bring us in peace from the four corners of the earth\u201d in the berachah<\/i> of Ahavat<\/i> Olam<\/i> (Derech HaChaim<\/i>, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 17:7).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We must pray and recite Shema of Shacharit with tefillin, as it says in the Shema paragraph, \u201cAnd you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.\u201d The Chachamim say, \u201cA person who recites Shema without wearing tefillin is as if he gives false testimony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15-keriat-shema"],"yoast_head":"\n11 - Tefillin and Tzitzit while Reciting Shema - Peninei Halakha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-15-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"11 - 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