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Why do we put on the Tallit before the Tefillin?

by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

  

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Before the morning prayers, we first put on the Tallit and then we put on the Tefillin. There is a Halachic dictum: “That which is more common takes precedence over that which is less common.” Since the tallit is worn every day, and tefillin are not worn on Shabbat and Jewish holidays, therefore the tallit comes first.

“That which is more common takes precedence over that which is less common”

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Shabbat
(pl: Shabbatot). Hebrew word meaning "rest." It is a Biblical commandment to sanctify and rest on Saturday, the seventh day of the week. This commemorates the fact that after creating the world in six days, G-d rested on the seventh.
Halachic
Pertaining to Jewish Law.
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.
Tallit
A prayer shawl. A large four-cornered woolen garment with fringes attached to its corners in a specific manner. This garment is worn by males during the morning prayers, fulfilling the Biblical obligation of attaching fringes to four-cornered garments.