Hair transplant and Tefillin
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Question
Shalom, Rabbi. I am about to undergo a hair transplant on my head soon, with God’s help. The transplant area is the place where the tefillin are placed. Officially one may not put on tefillin for a week. Of course, I have no intention of sacrificing this obligation for the sake of hair… but I know that many of our people undergo this procedure, and I heard that this question has also been asked of the Rabbi.
I would be happy to know of any solution that can be done within the framework of Halacha.
For example: is it considered putting on tefillin if one presses the tefillin to the head only for the first verse of “Shema Yisrael,” while holding them by hand, etc.
Yeyasher kochachem!!
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
The mitzvah of laying tefillin is fulfilled only when the straps are fixed on the head and tightened; it is not sufficient that the tefillin merely rest on the head while being held by hand.
Therefore, our teacher Rabbi Amram Fried shlita instructs to schedule the procedure close to Pesach or Sukkot, so that there will be a week during which one does not put on tefillin.
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