A roofless structure:[1] A house which does not have a roof is exempt from having a Mezuzah.[2] If it is partially roofed, then if the roof is by the area of the opening to the room, and the roof is a space of at least 4 by 4 Amos, […]
House/Room less than 4×4 Amos
A house/room smaller than 4 [6 feet] by 4 Amos [6 feet]:[1] A. An actual house/building: A house[2] that is smaller than 4 by 4 Amos [6 feet/1.9 meters by 6 feet/1.9 meters][3] is exempt from having a Mezuzah. If the house is 362 feet but lacks 4 Amos […]
Houses/Rooms of joint ownership
A home that has a joint ownership:[1] It makes no difference how many Jewish partners there are in the ownership or rent of the home, either way it is obligated to have a Mezuzah.[2] However if one of the owners or renters is a non-Jew, then it is exempt […]
Women wearing Tefillin
Women:[1] Women are exempt from wearing Tefillin.[2] Furthermore, they are to be protested against doing so.[3] ______________________________________________________________________________ [1] 38/3; Michaber 38/3; Mishneh Brachos 20 Male slaves: Male slaves follow the same law as women and are exempt from Tefillin. [Admur ibid] [2] The reason: As Tefillin is a time dependent […]
Erotic Thoughts
Erotic thoughts:[1] One who dons Tefillin must beware not to entertain erotic thoughts of women.[2] [This applies even to one’s own wife.[3]] If he is unable to wear Tefillin without such thoughts then it is better for him not to put them on at all.[4] However this only applies if […]
Crack in Tefillin
If the Tefillin is cracked at its bottom, as is common to occur between the lower and higher Titurah which have been sewed, is it Kosher?[1] Yes, so long as the stitches have not been torn and the Tefillin maintain their square shape the Tefillin remain Kosher. [1] Zichron […]
Children wearing Tefillin-Wearing Tefillin before the Bar Mitzvah
Wearing Tefillin before the Bar Mitzvah: [1] A. When to begin wearing: The dispute: It is disputed as to when a father becomes obligated to buy Tefillin for his son, and educate him in the Mitzvah of wearing Tefillin. Some Poskim[2] rule a father is obligated to buy Tefillin for […]
Smoking in Tefillin
May one smoke cigarettes while wearing Tefillin?[1] One is to avoid smoking cigarettes while wearing Tefillin in public due to it being belittling to the Tefillin. In private however one may be lenient. As well if one feels he needs to smoke in order to clear his mind for […]
Eating in Tefillin
May one eat, drink, and say Lechaim, while wearing Tefillin?[1] A meal: One who enters [while wearing Tefillin] to eat a set meal [i.e. bread] is required to remove his Tefillin.[2] He is to leave them on the table so they are available to him after the meal is complete, […]
Tefillin on Chol Hamoed
Chol Hamoed:[1] The dispute: It is disputed amongst the Rishonim and Poskim as to whether one is to put on Tefillin on Chol Hamoed. Some Poskim[2] rule that Chol Hamoed is not a time of Tefillin [similar to Shabbos and Yom Tov, and it is hence forbidden to wear Tefillin […]
