[Avodah] R. Chaim Volozhiner and Putting on Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin

[Prof. Levine]

Someone sent me the following:

A famous story about R. Chaim Volozhiner, when asked why he didn't 
put on Rabbeinu Tam t'fillin: "The din says that unless one is a 
chosid, he shouldn't, because it's mechazei k'yuhara.  If I'll come 
before the Beis Din shel Ma'ala and be asked, 'Chayim, you were a 
chosid, why didn't you put on Rabbeinu Tam's t'fillin?,' I'll have an 
excuse: I didn't think I was a chosid.  But if I were to be asked, 
'Chayim, you weren't a chosid, why _did_ you put on Rabbeinu Tam's 
t'fillin?,' what excuse will I have?"


Yitzchok Levine 
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