Which tefillin should be removed first when taking off tefillin?

Tzitzit & TefillinTefillinRemoving Tefillin

Synopsis

One removes shel rosh first, since the verse implies both tefillin should be present simultaneously while shel rosh is on the head; removing shel yad first would violate this.

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