Mishnah Berurah — משנה ברורה
משנה ברורה Mishnah Berurah
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עברית · Hebrew
(א) שמאל - מדכתיב ידכה בה"א פירוש יד כהה דהיינו השמאל שהיא תשה וכהה ועוד דרשו מדכתיב וקשרתם וכתבתם מה כתיבה בימין שכן דרך בני אדם אף קשירה בימין וכיון דקשירה בימין ממילא הנחה בשמאל ואם הניחו בימין אף בדיעבד לא יצא [אחרונים]
English Translation
Left - Since it's written [in Exodus 13:16] "[It shall be as a sign] 'al yadcha' (upon your hand)" with an [extra letter] "hei", [the chachamim] explained it as "yad keiha" (ie. the weak hand), meaning the left hand which is weak. They also derived it from [the fact that] it's written (Deuteronomy 6:8) "ukshartam" (you shall bind them), and [right after it says] (Deuteronomy 6:9) "uchtavtam" (you shall write them), that just like writing is done with the right hand, since that's what [most] people do, so too binding [the tefillin] should be done with the right. And since the binding is done with the right hand, automatically the placing of them will be on the left. If one placed it on his right arm, even after the fact he did not fulfill his obligation [opinion of the Achronim].
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