The Origin and History Of Rabbenu Tam Tefilin

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I listened to this year from A. in Hebrew about the origin of Inotown film. I wanted to um share with you some points from this year, which I think are um not so well known and really um relevant. Um there is um there are films that I call a Binotown film and a film called Rashid Film. Obviously Rashi and Minutam didn't invent film. Questions what are Rashid film? What are a Minatown film? How come some people do not put on a Minotan film? And why do we put on a Binutan film? Where does it come from? So let's go to um directly to the midst of the film. There it says you should tie them a sign upon your hands, and they should be tetafes between your eyes. And Rashi points out that the word tetafe's is made up of two different words. And in Caspian and African, the two parts of the word tetafis mean two. So we learn out that there has to be in the head film has to be four compartments. What are in the four compartments? Umramaracha says that you have Qadish, Likal Baker, and Hoikim Yaha on the right of those four compartments, and Shma and Valium Shamaya on the um the left. So the Gordon goes on to say and says, and you read it in its order. What is the meaning of reading it in its order? So the simple meaning is you're standing in front of the person wearing that film, and Rashi says, the way you should read it is the way it's written in the Torah. How are the four Torah portions written in the Torah? What's the order? The four Torah portions. The first you have Kashikawa Kalbachir, which is in Parsha's Bhai, Vaya Kviyakha, also in Parsha's Bhai. So that's the So you're going from right to left, all the way in the right of you facing the guy wearing the film is the Parsha's Kadesh. Then the next Parsha is Vaya Kvyakha. The third one is Shema from Parsha's Vaschanam. And then the fourth one is Vahim Shemaya and Parsha Sek. So Rinutam asks the question though, um, why does it say, why is it going to emphasize two on the right and two on the left? If it just means read them in order, read them in order. Why two on the right, two on the left? So Binutam says that both sides are meant to be written in order. You're supposed to read them from two different sides, and each side is supposed to be in order. So if you read it from the right side, you have Qadish first, Vaya Kavyach second. That's the way it is in the Torah. That's the right order. And from the left side, you should read it from the going from left to right in order. And therefore you have Shema on the left, all the way in the left, and Vahimishamaya, the second from the left. So the order of time is if you're reading from right to left, you have Qadish Likabukhar, Vaya Kavyahacha, Vahimushamaya, and then Shema. According to Rashi, you have Qashika Bukhar, Vaya Kavyach, Shema, and then Vahimushamaya. Shema and Mayyushamaya, the third compartment, the fourth compartment are switched. Um that's the argument in Ash Binatam. So in Tfillin Shalyad, according to Rashi, it's the same thing. It's ordered the Tara. Khadish, Vayukiacha, and then Shema, and then Vahimushamaya. According to Binutam, it's Vahim Shamaya and then Shamash. Vahim Shamaya is third. That's one difference in Rashimatam. Another difference in Rashiminatam. In our Tillan, we have the hair of a um of a calf that's used to separate between the um boxes, the the various compartments of the head of the head fill. Where should that hair be? So it says that the hair has to be by this section of the Torah of Vahimushamaya. Why? Because that section of the Torah talks about idol worship. Idol worship is what the golden calf is about. So therefore, the hair should be next to the parasha vahimeshamaya. So in Rabinotan film, the parasha vaimus is a third Torah portion. It's the uh third one listed there. And therefore, the um it should be written that where should the hair be? The hair should be in the middle, before the third, before the third one. Uh, but according to Rashi, Vahim Shamaya is the fourth one. So the hair is supposed to be before the fourth section. See, that's why there's a hair between the third compartment and the fourth compartment, according to Rashi. The Rambam has a similar film to Rashi. And uh there were actually sages in time of the Ramam who said, that's not how we put on film. We put on film the way that Raminutampaskin, which was way before Binutam, but that's the way the that's the way the Raminog was. And Ramam responds, actually, that's the way I put on film when I was younger, like Vinutam, but there is an argument, and I discover that the correct opinion is this way, which is which um uh which is the way of Rashi. So the um the argument goes earlier than Rashi Vinutam, uh Rabhaigoin um and other Gainam discuss the order of the film, Cheskal Hanavi. There is film that were found in Cheskal Hanavi, which were um like Rashi. The other film which we found in other places, archaeologics, archaeological digs found the film like Vinutam. Um it's explained that until Halacha was ruled, until it was a clear Allah ruling, the both ways were valid. You could put on either way, there was no halachic ruling yet, and therefore they both were valid. The Zohar says, in one place, the correct way of turning the film is a grashi. In the second place in the Zawar, it says that Rabin Abin is correct, but the world's not ready for the light of binam. That's what the Zayir says. The Baysif in Shachunarah, who lived in the same place in the same time as Arizona. He says the main halacha, alakha follows Rashid. However, because there's alakha question, who is Alakha like? And someone wants to fulfill this, uh wants to be careful to be put on Twilik'in Utam because that might be the Alakha. He wants to do that. He says, You're a Shemayim. Someone who's God fearing, it's it's a good thing to do. There are those says the Visaysa further, who wear tiny Tfillin, they put on Rash binutam at the same time. Uh the Rizal though says it's not a doubt. Allah is like. The Basai says a question that Allah is like, and Allah follows Rashi, but if you want to be careful like the other opinion, then put on the other one too. The reason says not a question, rather, there are two different orders. Kadish is Khachba, Muhoyas Binah, and therefore the correct order is uh the order of um Vinutan, but there's another other order, and therefore, uh according to Rizal, you're supposed to put on both film the whole dominant because you need to have both orders. There's different ways that, according to Kabbalah, that that how the film should be worn, depending on the order of Hashem's name. Different ways Hashem's name is written. The Alterabah, Paskins, like Rashi. Um Alterabah says though if someone who wants to behave according to Hasidis and doesn't want to stick out and be arrogant about it, he could put on a minotam quietly somewhere, um, as it was a custom of um of Ashkenazim. However, when the Balshemtav came, Balshemtiv, one of the one of the claims that that the distractors of the Balshemtev had against the Balshemtev and the students was the in the the mandate everyone should wear a binatant film. Instead of it being something that someone does privately in their home, everyone wearing a binatant film was the reason why they called the chassidim the chasidim, because the Shukhan Archad says if you want to behave according to chassidis, put a binutam. So so they had many claims against chasidim, but they called them chassidim because they wore a binatan. They are the famous ones who follow the custom of Chasidis. The custom that said in the Court of Jewish law, if you want to act with Chasidism, you want to act extra piously, there you put a miniatan film. So the old Chasidim, they um that that was a critique. They had a chasidim that they're making this in something a generic standard when it's really only meant to be for someone who's extra pious. So much so, so that's even arrogant to do this, and to make this a standard, that you're saying that you're better than everybody else. That was a claim. Anyways, the the Isaac Komerna, who was a student of the Balshamtev, um he wrote an Azi Aidan that nowadays Minatown film is Midaraisa, it's a biblical obligation to wear a Renatown film. And the Rebez Zaydr Ram Lawut uh he asks a question in Al-Tareb. He says, Who are I might ask the question in Al-Trabba? But Al-Trab in the Siddhar, he writes, it's only a minok, it's only a custom to wear a reinatan film, and it says not a custom, it's a biblical obligation to do this. So um, so the Ramavut he he uh sides with the Kamarna Rebbe. And the Rebbe quoted him in the famous talk that we'll discuss when Rebbe said that we should wear a Bin-Atamant film, never quoted the Khmer Rebbe. So in most Jewish uh communities, the Hasidic communities, the custom was to wear a Bin Utan film only after getting married. The Munkatch Rebbe, who was from the Kamarna family, says, I don't understand um why after you get married you wear a Bernard film, are you suddenly so holy because you got married? Um and he said in the in the munkatch said in Zidishav, the custom was um it should make sure it would make sense for every film, even Yeshiva still wear a very time film. But he asked this question, but the custom remained as it was. Um the Rebbe, right after the previous passed away, middle of the Shiva, the Rebbe gave a talk and said stories about the Friday Khabin. And then the Rebbe's first talk, there's a note over there, the writes in the note on his talk how he mentioned that the previous Rebbe told him to wear four pairs at film, and they said, I don't understand how come Shiva students don't wear bin Tamfilm. Why only after marriage? Um what actually happened in Chabad? In Chabad, the custom was that people would wear bin Tamtfilm when they got instruction from the Rebbe. People would ask the Rebbe at the age of 18, and sometimes Rebbe would tell people before it was very personal to have to with every person's individual soul what they should do. Um interesting instruction that uh Diane Raskin from London got from the Rebbe. Rebbe told him when he was, I think he was 14 years old. He asked the Rabbi for sure about a town film, never told me we should wear them. And Rebbe said to him, but make sure only wear these fillens if you are certain that you could have the right intent and no strange thoughts while you're wearing them during the 10 minutes that you wear them. Dyn Raskin said that he tried to do this, but he wasn't so successful, and he came to the Rebbe the next time and told the Rebbe how he's not really being so successful in this. And the Rebbe said that um one of the ways to help you concentrate while you're wearing the Minutam film is to say the words out loud. Saying the words out loud will help you concentrate while you're wearing a minute film. Um Rabbi um um Rabbi also said they mentioned him ten minutes, and he understood from this that he's supposed to not just say the four sections of Shema, Vahibushema, and Kashvayah, and the Shayshiris as customary, but he also learns a chapter of Vishnayas in the Binutan film because of that. Um Lipper Brennan said that the Rebbe asked him, how is it possible to have Kavana when you say the bracha until for both? Nebba said that when you when you before you say the bracha, while your jacket is still covering your arm, before reciting the bracha, you should um say, you think that the bracha should go on both pairs before you say the bracha. So that's the way the custom was until Purim in 19. Purim in 1976. In Purim 1976, Tash Lamavov was speaking about the various issues in the world and the uh problems of the Jews in the air with various um dangers that are going on in the world because of um because of the anti-Semitism. Nebah said that we need to wear a bin-outan film, everyone should wear a bin-tan film from the age of 13 years old, because there's more darkness in the world, and therefore we can get more light. I never quoted also the Commander Rebbe who says that it's a biblical commandment. They never actually said that um although the Alt Rebbe says it's a custom, what the Alt Reb means is that it's a custom to wear them specifically after Davenig, but the obligation to wear them is indeed a biblical one. But the Bin Utan film was then worn only after Bar Mitzah. However, in Topsham Tess, um Debbie said that we should also add in light before Bermitsa as well. And where Bin Tan film before Mitzvah, the custom is to put on the film, to practice wearing the film two months before mitzah, they're said that in these two months we should also add in light by wearing a binat film as well. While we're practicing to put on the film before the age of our mitzah, um that time as well, you should also put on Vinut Tamit film. That's the episode of Shram Test. So that's when the custom again to not only wear Vinutam film after Mitzah but also two months before. According to Kabbalah, the the um difference between Rashid film and Rabinatam film has to do with um different levels of devotion to Hashem in general. Devotion to Hashem could be in two different levels. You could be devoted to Hashem because it's logical to be devoted to Hashem. You can think of Hashem's greatness, and therefore um you dedicate your heart and mind to Hashem because you understand why you should be devoted to Hashem. So putting on Tfill in general, we put on Tfun, we're supposed to have in mind that Hashem commanded us to write these four sections of the Torah, which mention Hashem's oneness and mention Hashem's miracles, which indicate how Hashem is one, and he has the power and dominion to control everything, the higher worlds and lower worlds. He commanded us to put them on our heart, next to our heart, next to our mind, so that we should so that we should dedicate our feelings in our heart and the thoughts in our minds, and our feelings should be Hashem's feelings, our thoughts should be Hashem's thoughts. That's the intent we're supposed to have when we put on the film in general. That's the the school of that's a blessing that the film gives us to be dedicated to Hashem. However, what's unique about Rabin Hutan's film is that it's not just a dedication to Hashem based upon logic and reason. Rabin Hatan's film are associated with um the um the level of Gali Revelation, which is beyond logic and reason. Um and therefore um um and therefore they add something there to our service of Hashem, there's devotion to Hashim Shem should be beyond logical reason. Um the Biritan film are associated with the um with with the Chochmah which was revealed in the section of Shema of Kaddish, and um and therefore um they add that another degree in our service. Some because of this also, when they put that film away, they put the binating on the right side of the bag because the right bag is the bag is put on the right because a bit of time film are associated with the revelation of the Khafum, which is in Kabbalah associated with the right. Um they've also said that the inner dimension of Torah is also connected to this higher revelation of godliness. That's why the Zoar introduces every teaching with the words come and see. Like a Binutan film, the inner dimension of Torah is a place where godliness is revealed, like you're seeing with your eyes. And therefore, um to prepare for the coming Mashiach as well, to add more light in the world, it's also we also need to engage in studying the inner dimension of Torah to uh get this come. What can happen now? Achain.