<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 24, 2007 10:16 AM, David Riceman <<a href="mailto:driceman@att.net">driceman@att.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I<br>Back on track. What is the minimum shiur for tefillin? I could try to<br>trace this our historically as well, but out of sheer laziness I will<br>merely quote the Levush, and leave the search for sources to the more
<br>diligent among us. The Levush (OH 37:2) says that even though the<br>mitzva is to wear them all day, one fulfills the mitzva even by donning<br>them and removing them instantly.<br><br>So on the one hand we want to wear tefillin for the minimum possible
<br>time, and on the other hand we want to wear tefillin during kriath shma<br>and shmoneh esraih.<br><br>I hope two more posts will do it: one about when we can take them off on<br>regular weekdays, and the other about rosh hodesh and hol hamoed,
<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>David Riceman<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>I onced researched as to why women should not wear Tefillin and I posted many of them on Avodah [I believe I found 17 sources all who disagreed with each other was to precisely why --smile--]
<br>The Aruch Hashulchan stated that Tefilllin should be worn for the absolute minimum time<br><ol><li>Ergo for women not at all</li><li>For men only for Shema/Amidah</li></ol>I even suggested this would explain an old yekke custom of putting on Tefillin just before Baruch she'amar instead of before Birchos Hashachar
<br><br>But then again why not take off tefilin right after tachanun?<br clear="all">See MB for possible connection to the phrase "shemnishmor chukehca" at the end of uva letzion<br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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