[Avodah] Tefillin On and Off

[Cantor Wolberg]

R' Micha wrote: 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

This I already had learned and knew, but I wanted to give my own  
chiddush. When you
say: "Before we use that strength, we better think!" you're absolutely  
right. However, I
did not say "USE" that strength, my exact words were: "Before we can  
even think, we must POSSESS
physical strength...."   There's a big difference between "Possessing"  
and "Using." You must first
POSSESS before you can USE.

The second point is: following the reason in Menachos 36a, it explains  
why the shel yad goes on
first and then the shel rosh. But it doesn't explain why when removing  
them, you do just the opposite.

Kol tuv.
ri
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