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Prayer · Orach Chaim 38

Conduct in a Synagogue

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Is a person with intestinal illness (choleh me'ayim) exempt from tefillin even when not in active pain?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Illness Exemptions

If a person with intestinal trouble cannot guarantee a clean body during Tefillah, should he let the time for prayer pass rather than pray without guf naki?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Guf Naki During Prayer

Are women exempt from tefillin, and may they choose to wear tefillin voluntarily?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Must a person who experiences sexual thoughts (hirhurim) while wearing tefillin remove them?

4 opinions across 2 eras

During the first day of mourning (aveilus), is the mourner prohibited from wearing tefillin, and when does he resume?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Tefillin During Mourning

Is there an obligation to wear tefillin on Tisha B'Av?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Tefillin on Tisha B'Av

Are a groom, his attendants, and the wedding party exempt from wearing tefillin?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Groom and Wedding Party

Are scribes writing tefillin and mezuzot, and those involved in sacred work, exempt from wearing tefillin all day?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Engaged in a Mitzvah

Is a person who is distressed (mitztaer) or whose mind is unsettled exempt from tefillin?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Distress Exemption

Is someone who is engaged in Torah study exempt from wearing tefillin?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Torah Study Exemption

May a student remove his tefillin in front of his rabbi?

3 opinions across 2 eras

In Front of Rabbi

When one can only afford either tefillin or a mezuzah, which takes precedence?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Tefillin vs. Mezuzah

Are a person who is excommunicated (menudeh) and a metzorah (biblical leper) forbidden to wear tefillin?

3 opinions across 3 eras

Menudeh and Metzorah