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What do I do if my hand which I use to wrap the tefillin is broken?

  

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Rabbi Yossi Turk: Bienvenidos Welcome. Un minuto ya lo atiendo. I'll be with you in a moment...

right_hand_man: what do i do if i am unable to perform Tefillin due to a broken right hand (i am right handed)? thank you for your response.

Rabbi Yossi Turk: you are right handed ?

right_hand_man: hello, yes

Rabbi Yossi Turk: than you should place tefillin on your left arm

right_hand_man: but i can't use my right hand to put the tefillin on

Rabbi Yossi Turk: can you ask someone to help u? to wrap the tefillin on you?

right_hand_man: honestly, no, so what to do?

Rabbi Yossi Turk: you are alone in a desert?

right_hand_man: no, but what if i cannot get someone?

Rabbi Yossi Turk: the Mitzvah of tefillin is so important -- especially after an accident -- it's worth the effort to find someone

right_hand_man: understood. thank you very much.

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Mitzvah
(pl. Mitzvot). A commandment from G-d. Mitzvah also means a connection, for a Jew connects with G–d through fulfilling His commandments.
Tefillin
Black leather boxes containing small scrolls with passages of the Bible written on them. Every day, aside for Sabbath and Jewish holidays, the adult Jewish male is required to wrap the Tefillin--by means of black leather straps--around the weaker arm and atop the forehead.