Left-handed and Tefillin
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Question
I received a blow to my right hand, and the doctor advised me to put a cast on the hand for a period of 6 weeks. On which hand should I put the tefillin?
Answer
Hello,
If you are right-handed, continue to put the tefillin on your left hand as usual. You do not become left-handed due to 6 weeks of wearing a cast.
If you are left-handed, if there is space to place the box on the hand, even if the entire strap is on the cast, put it on as usual and bless.
If the cast is on the entire arm, so that the box is also on the cast, put it on the cast and do not bless.
In any case, the tefillin should be covered with a garment on top, even when the arm is covered with a cast, because the hand tefillin should be covered.
Source
Mishna Berura (Siman 27, Se'if Katan 18): If he has a wound on his hand in the place of the placement of the box, and the wound spreads over the entire arm, he is permitted to place it on the bandage if it cannot be done otherwise, and he should not bless, as most authorities hold that an interposition invalidates. He should bless twice on the shel-rosh as mentioned above in Siman 26 in the Hagah, but he should wear another garment over the tefillin shel-yad to cover them, as it is written "and it shall be for you a sign," and we derive that it should be a sign for you and not for others. And only on a bandage, but placing tefillin on a shirt is prohibited even if he has a wound, and even if he wears another garment over it.