[Avodah] Tefillin On and Off

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:10:03 -0400, Cantor Wolberg <cantorwolberg at cox.net>
wrote:
> The arm symbolizes physical strength and the head symbolizes the  
> intellect and mind.  Before we can even think, we must possess  
> physical strength....

Before we use that strength, we better think!

Shel yad is first because it's first in the pasuq "uqeshartem le'os al
yadekha, vehayu letotafos bein einekha. That's the reason in Menachos 36a

Tir'u baTov! 
-Micha