The Place of the Tefillin Knot | Sheilot

The Place of the Tefillin Knot

Question

The knot of the head tefillin should be placed above the indentation at the back of the head. How high can it be placed?

Answer

Close above the indentation, but not much higher than it.
Answered 3 July 2022 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Orach Chaim, Siman 27, Seif Katan 35

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