A brief treatise on the significance of this important Mitzvah, including some basic laws, prayers and diagrams.
By Alexander Cowen
In addition to a discussion of the profound effect tefillin have upon the mind and heart, this booklet also includes practical laws, detailed photographs, translations and transliterations of the appropriate blessings, plus the Shema prayer.
Tefillin are mentioned over 500 times in the Talmud, in groundlaying deliberations of laws and lore. We present here some of the salient discussions, translated and annotated for accessible study