Tefillin Studies for the Advanced

Tefillin are mentioned over 500 times in the Talmud, in groundlaying deliberations of laws and lore. We present here some of the salient discussions, translated and annotated for accessible study

Excerpts from the Mishneh Torah, the Rambam's magnum opus of Halacha, on Tefillin. In the original Hebrew

A detailed look into the process of making tefillin, including the laws that pertain to the quill, ink, parchment and straps

In addition to a discussion of the profound effect tefillin have upon the mind and heart, this booklet also includes practical laws, detailed photographs, translations and transliterations of the appropriate blessings, plus the Shema prayer.

The Chassidic discourse that describes the potency of the mitzvah of tefillin, recited by boys at their bar mitzvah