וקשרתם וכתבתם
Name 3 different types of people that cannot write תפילין...
Why can't they?
Take your pick from page 1.
Our two פסוקים say וקשרתם וכתבתם... if you're not קושר תפילין (tying) you're not able to be כותב תפילין (writing)
The first two פרשיות of the של ראש are written in שמע...
Where are the other two written?
Who reads their דברי תורה???
At the end of פרשת בו
Which part of the door is a מזוזה hung? Why?
The top third...
The תפילין של יד is tied towards the upper part of the arm
We connect וקשרתם וכתבתם
כְּשֶׁהוּא מַנִיחַ תְּפִילִין מַנִיחַ שֶׁל יַד תְּחִלָה, דִכְתִיב "וּקָשָׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ" וְהָדָר "וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ.
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Put on the של יד תחילה, first, and then go back, הדר, to put on the של ראש because of the order of פסוקים
Can a מומר לדבר אחד write תפילין?
Technically yes, as long as they're not להכעיס (try to anger 'ה)...
However, the יש להחמיר they can't write...
How many compartments are in the תפילין של ראש? Why?
2 answers!
1. The תורה writes לטטפת in 2 places, and the word לטוטפת (which counts for 2 with the extra ו).
2. The word טט means two, and פת means 2
Which side of the doorpost do you hang a מזוזה? Why?
The right side as you walk in... ביתיך, your house, is explained not as Beyoncé, but as ביאתך, your coming
It doesn't matter which foot the duck starts with, but most people come with their right foot first
מְזוּזָה מִצְוָה לְהַנִיחָה בְּתְּחִלַת שְׁלִישׁ הַעֶלְיוֹן, דְאָמַר קְרָא "וּקְשָׁרְתָּם וּכְתַבְתָּם" מַה קְשִׁירָה בְּגוֹבֶה אַף כְּתִיבָה בְּגוֹבֶה.
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Put your מזוזה in the עליון, upper, third... because the קרא, verse, connects us to the תפילין של יד
What's the big נפקא מינא, practical difference, between the ת"ק and ר' נתן?
If you write with your left hand:
The ת"ק would still say to tie with your right hand, because that's the hand 'ה used to create the World
But ר' נתן says it's all about the hand you write with... tie the תפילין with your left hand!
Why should you put תפילין של ראש above your hairline, and not actually between your eyes?
Two answers!
1. Just like the תפילין של יד is placed at a place of one type of צרעת (skin... on your upper arm), the של ראש is placed at a place of one type of צרעת (hair)
2. The פרשה of קרחה (bald spot of mourning) forbidden בין עיניכם. Over there, it's not literally "between your eyes", rather making a bald spot and gash under your hair.
Does it matter if you walk with your left foot first? Why is this different than תפילין?
Even if you walk with your left foot first, you still hang מזוזה on the right doorpost
That's because תפילין is a מצוה שבגופו, mitzvah connected to your body, so it changes depending on your personal body
But מזוזה is a חובת הבית, obligation on the home, so we follow what most people do, and hang on the right doorpost
רַחְמָנָא אָמַר "עַל מְזוּזוֹת" וְאַתְּ אַמְרָת: נֵילָף "כְּתִיבָה כְּתִיבָה"!? אָמַר קְרָא "וּכְתַבְתָּם" – כְּתִיבָה תֵּמָה, וְהָדָר עַל הַמְזוּזוֹת.
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The תורה - רחמנא tells you to write on the doorposts, and you want to learn, נילף, a ג"ש???
Yes, we need the ג"ש to גט, because כתיבה תימה teaches that we need to write on something else besides the doorpost... we need to learn, what's that something else?
According to the ש"ע, who do we פסקין like? The ת"ק or ר' נתן? How do you know?
*Hint: If a righty writes with their left hand, which hand should they wear תפילין on?
We פסקין like ר' נתן... he holds that you always tie תפילין with your writing hand from וקשרתם וכתבתם
Which תפילין do you put on first?
Two reasons to support your answer!
Put on the תפילין של יד before the של ראש...
1. וקשרתם לאו על ידך is written before והיו לטטפת בין עיניך
2. טטפת is plural. Every time you have on your טטפת, you need to wear more than one box. The only way to make that work is to put on the של יד first!
If we didn't connect מזוזה to גט... where would you write your מזוזה?
What if you didn't have the דרשה of כתיבה תימה?
If we didn't connect to גט, you'd probably write your מזוזה on a stone (or eraser), and then hang it on your doorpost
If we didn't learn כתיבה תימה (complete writing on something else), you would think to write שמע on the actual doorpost
"בֵּיתֶךָ" – בִּיאָתְךָ מִן הַיְמִין. מַאי תַּלמוּדָא? אָמַר רַבָּה, דֶרֶךְ בִּיאָתְךָ מִן הַיְמִין, דְכִּי עָקַר אִינִישׁ כָּרְעֵיה, דְיָמִינָא עָקַר בְּרֵישָׁא.
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The word ביתך is explained as ביאתך, your coming... people lift up, עקר, their right foot first, your first step into the home will be with the right foot, so hang up your מזוזה on the right doorpost