Wearing Tefillin According to Sephardic Custom (Ashkenazi Communities)
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Question
Hello and blessings, According to the Siddur Tefilat Kol Pe, I saw that only 7 windings are made on the arm. According to the Ariel Siddur for beginners, I saw that it is 8 windings - 2 halves and 7 full, and I also saw a YouTube video of a rabbi showing that this is indeed the case. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWfUMg8DjWA I would like to know how to proceed and why there is such a difference? Also, how to wrap on the finger: down up down or up down down? (I am of Romanian descent and studied with a Chabad rabbi many years ago, and then I saw that I was putting on according to Chabad, but I was wrapping the finger incorrectly and not according to Chabad, so I decided to organize and simply put on according to the Sephardic-Ashkenazi custom since my grandfather prayed with the Sephardic rite Siddur...) Thank you very much!
Answer
Hello and blessings
You need to wrap seven complete windings on the arm.
In certain cases, this creates additional 'half windings'. They do not count towards the total number of windings.