Ancient Tefillin Wrapping
The ancient method of wrapping Tefillin, as preserved by the Banei Abir clan of Habbani Yemenite Jewry. (Note: the music is Iraqi, not Yemenite)
מנהג הנחת תפילין עתיק יומין שנשתמרה ע”י בית האב ה-’בני אביר’ של ק”ק יהודי חבאן יוצאי תימן, כשם שנלמד מן ה-אלוף אביר מארי יחיא יהושע אבנר סופר מעטוף-דוח אל-חבאני שליט”א. הארה: המוסיקה היא בבלית, לא תימנית.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Dear Brother,
I am so happy that you are producing simple and streight forward video on this subject.
Thank you and Thank you for youe future efforts.
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March 10th, 2010 at 4:59 am
b’Shem HASHEM El `olam
Dear Steve,
I don’t know what might indicate that I am unmarried. Perhaps it is because you see me wrapping tefillin without having worn the tallith first? We understand that tefillin are wrapped before the tallith, because the miSwah of tallith is “hhovath ha-beghed”– not “hhovath ha-ish” (obligatory for a 4-cornered garment, while it is not obligatory for the person to wear such a garment) while tefillin are “hhovath ha-ish” (obligatory to be worn). We give priority to the obligatory Commandment before the non-obligatory one.
Furthermore, tefillin are the undergarment in a sense, while tallith (or ’shamle’) is worn as the outer-most garment. Moreover, there is a much deeper reason I will not get into. In short, the order in which I do these miSwoth is not according to minhagh, but Torah logic.
Barukh HaShem, I am happily married with children. And yes I am left-handed, which is why I wrap tefillin on my right arm.
With blessings,
Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron, Beth Midrash Ohel Moshe