Is it prohibited to put on tefillin at night?
Synopsis
There is a rabbinic prohibition against putting on tefillin at night due to concern one might sleep while wearing them and emit gas (pass wind), dishonoring the tefillin. The underlying question is whether night is biblically a time for tefillin.
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What is the earliest time in the morning that tefillin may be put on?
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If one put on tefillin before sunset and it became dark while wearing them, must one remove them?
3 opinions
If one had no safe place to store tefillin after sunset, may one keep them on all night for safekeeping?
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May one going on an early morning journey put on tefillin before the halachic morning time?
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If one was traveling with tefillin when Shabbat (or nightfall on a weekday) arrived, what must one do?
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If one prayed Maariv while it was still day without having yet worn tefillin, may one still don tefillin afterward?
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