Tefillin Quiz

What are the two main parts of the Tefillin called?

Why is it so important to buy Tefillin from an expert and someone who fears Hashem?

• So you can properly fulfill the mitzvah

• So you know the Tefillin is coming from a trustworthy place

• So you can properly fulfill the mitzvah and so you don't recite the brachot in vain

• So your Tefillin looks good

If your Tefillin's straps start to lose their colour what should you do?

• Smear the oil of a fish called "fishtron" so it becomes black again

• Smear the straps with a different oil so it becomes black again

• Throw the straps away

• Continue using the Tefillin, there is no problem with it

What is the earliest time you can put on Tefillin in the morning?

If you went to the bathroom, what would you do with with your Tefillin when you came back to daven?

• Put them on without reciting anything and continue

• Put the Tefillin on in the reverse order and continue

• Put the Tefillin on and recite the 3 random Tehillim

• Put the Tefillin on and recite all the blessings again

If you are in Shema, when you go to the bathroom and come back, what should you do with your Tefillin?

• Recite the brachot for Tefillin again just as you'd usually do

• Put on your Tefillin without saying anything

• Do not put your Tefillin on again to not interrupt Shema and only put it on after Shemonei Esrei

• Wrap your Tefillin and put it away as you will not put it on again for the rest of davening

Why can you not use the Tefillin bag for anything other than the Tefillin?

• Because the Tefillin bag must be small so it can only fit the Tefillin and nothing else

• Because once the bag is made to hold Tefillin and that is its purpose, it may not be used for anything else

• This statement is false and you may use the bag for anything

On a Monday or a Thursday for someone who davens Nusach Ashkenaz, when is the earliest time he can take off his Tefillin?

• At the second Ashrei

• At Tachanun

• Atבָּרוּךְ הוּא אֱלֺקינוּ שֶׁבְּ֒רָאָֽנוּ לִכְ֒בוֹדוֹ וְהִבְדִּילָֽנוּ מִן הַתּוֹעִים in וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן

• Atיְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּ֒פָנֶֽיךָ ה' אֱלֺקינוּ וֵאלֺקי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ שֶׁנִּשְׁמֹר חֻקֶּֽיךָ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה in וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן

On a Monday or a Thursday for someone who davens Nusach Sepharad, when is the earliest time he can take off his Tefillin?

• As the Torah is being carried to the Ark

• After the Torah has been returned to the Ark

• At הַיּוֹם יוֹם

• Atיְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּ֒פָנֶֽיךָ ה' אֱלֺקינוּ וֵאלֺקי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ שֶׁנִּשְׁמֹר חֻקֶּֽיךָ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה in וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן

What should you do if you come to a Minyan when it has already started but you don't have your Tefillin?