[Avodah] Tefillin on Rosh Chodesh

David Riceman driceman at att.net
Sun Dec 9 17:18:20 PST 2007


Arie Folger wrote:
> On Sunday, 9. December 2007 16.44:58 David Riceman wrote:
>   
>> It also seems that in the thirteenth century both Spain and Ashkenaz
>> were divided about whether to wear tefillin on Hol HaMoed.  The Beis
>> Yosef (siman 31) says that after the Zohar appeared the custom in Spain
>> became uniformly against wearing them.
>>     
>
> Eh, you went too fast. First you explained that there are testimonies that 
> already in the 12th and 13th centuries, people didn't wear tallit, resp. 
> tefillin, all day. Then, suddenly, without quoting any new material, you 
> state that " Spain and Ashkenaz were divided about whether to wear tefillin 
> on Hol HaMoed."
>
> Did I miss a beat?
>   
Perhaps I phrased the paragraph incorrectly.  Both sentences are based 
on that Beis Yosef.

David Riceman



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