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R Samuel Svarc wrote on Areivim<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>This, as it turns
out, is a minority view. Not all Ashkenazim hold that way, nor do
Sefardim, nor a nice junk of the Litvishe wing.</font></blockquote><br>
From
<a href="http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/tefillinONmoed.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/tefillinONmoed.htm</a><br><br>
<font size=3>The Aruch Hashulchan notes that “recently” a practice among
some Ashkenazic Jews has developed to refrain from wearing Tefillin on
Chol Hamoed. He is referring to the practice of Chassidim, which was also
the practice at the famed Volozhiner Yeshiva (as recorded by the Rav,
Shiurim L’zeicher Aba Mori Zal p.119) <br><br>
</font>And from
<a href="http://dinonline.org/2014/04/07/tefillin-on-chol-hamoed-pesach/" eudora="autourl">
http://dinonline.org/2014/04/07/tefillin-on-chol-hamoed-pesach/</a><br>
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<font size=3>The Rema adds that the Ashkenaz custom is to wear Tefillin
and recite a berachah, but because of the sensitivity of the topic the
berachah should be recited quietly. Later authorities espouse the
compromise noted by the Tur, meaning that Tefillin are worn but the
berachah is not recited (see Taz 31:2; Mishnah Berurah 31:8). <br><br>
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