Tefillin or Hospitality
Question
I have a guest, and this morning, as I was preparing to put on my tefillin-Shel-Yad, the guest asked me for coffee. Should I have stopped putting on the tefillin to make him coffee? On one hand, we do not interrupt doing a mitzvah, but on the other hand, it is brough that hospitality is greater than receiving the Divine Presence. Or maybe, I should have put on the tefillin first, and then made him coffee?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
You should first attend to the needs of your guest.
Source
According to the Hora'ah of Hagaon, Harav Fried, shlita
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