Tefillin

Question: I've recently started wrapping tefillin every morning and saying the Shema. Eventually, I hope to build from there, especially once I move to a Jewish community where this is a daily minyan. Like I said, I'm doing this every day. Now I'm told th...

Although it is not mentioned in the Talmud, the custom to fast after accidentally dropping a Torah scroll or tefillin has indeed been widespread for many hundreds of years. One of the earliest mentions of this practice is a responsa of Rabbi Israel of Bru...

Nice observation; most people don't notice the little hair which slightly protrudes from the front of the head tefillin. It is actually the tip of the calf's tail hair wrapped around the parchment scrolls inside the box. We wrap the scrolls with a calf's ...

Shmuel Question: I am a Jew who is just starting to learn observance. I am presently learning the mitzvah of tefillin. My rabbi has me saying a blessing on the head tefillin but I noticed in your Tefillin Section that there is no separate blessing mention...

There is a longstanding difference of opinion between halachic authorities whether Chol Hamoed is considered a "sign" of our connection to G-d .

Many reasons for a most basic custom

The last name Schreiber may be a hint that its bearer descends from a sofer, a skilled scribe tasked with the sacred duty of writing Torah scrolls, mezuzahs, and tefillin.

The Talmud gives no actual reason but the Kabbalah provides clues.

The sages of the Talmud take it as a given that tefillin are put on the left arm (or the right arm of a lefty) and offer several reasons…

Question: Why is it Chabad custom to leave space between the third and fourth tefillin "wrap" around the arm? Answer: The first three coils correspond to the three letters of the divine name ש-ד-י (Shaddai). The latter four coils correspond to the four le...