## Menachot Daf 36a

###### Menachot 36a:1
[Menachot 36a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:1)

אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: סָח בֵּין תְּפִילָּה לִתְפִילָּה חוֹזֵר וּמְבָרֵךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Ḥisda says:** If one **spoke between** donning the **phylacteries** of the arm **and** the **phylacteries** of the head, he must **recite the blessing again** when donning the phylacteries of the head.


###### Menachot 36a:2
[Menachot 36a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:2)

סָח – אִין, לֹא סָח – לָא? וְהָא שְׁלַח רַב חִיָּיא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: עַל תְּפִילָּה שֶׁל יָד אוֹמֵר ״בָּרוּךְ אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַנִּיחַ תְּפִילִּין״, עַל תְּפִילִּין שֶׁל רֹאשׁ אוֹמֵר ״בָּרוּךְ אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל מִצְוַת תְּפִילִּין״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: One can infer that if he **spoke, yes,** he must recite a blessing when donning the phylacteries of the head, but if he **did not speak,** he does **not** recite a blessing. The Gemara challenges this: **But Rav Ḥiyya, son of Rav Huna, sent** a ruling **in the name of Rabbi Yoḥanan: On the phylacteries of the arm** one **says** the blessing: **Blessed** are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, **Who has sanctified us through His mitzvot and commanded us to don phylacteries. On the phylacteries of the head** one **says** the blessing: **Blessed** are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, **Who has sanctified us through His mitzvot and commanded us concerning the mitzva of phylacteries.** This indicates that one always recites a blessing when donning the phylacteries of the head.


###### Menachot 36a:3
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אַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַיְיהוּ: לֹא סָח – מְבָרֵךְ אַחַת, סָח – מְבָרֵךְ שְׁתַּיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye and Rava both say,** to resolve this apparent contradiction: Rabbi Yoḥanan meant that if one **did not speak,** he **recites one** blessing; if he **spoke,** he **recites two** blessings, when donning the phylacteries of the head as well as when donning the phylacteries of the arm.


###### Menachot 36a:4
[Menachot 36a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:4)

תָּנָא: סָח בֵּין תְּפִילָּה לִתְפִילָּה – עֲבֵירָה הִיא בְּיָדוֹ, וְחוֹזֵר עָלֶיהָ מֵעֶרְכֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Concerning this, it is **taught** in a *baraita*: If one **spoke between** donning the **phylacteries** of the arm **and** the **phylacteries** of the head, **he has a sin, and due to** that sin **he returns from the ranks of** soldiers waging **war.** This is referring to the preparation for war, when the officers announce: “What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house” (Deuteronomy 20:8). The Sages explained that this is referring to one who is fearful due to his transgressions.


###### Menachot 36a:5
[Menachot 36a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:5)

תָּנָא: כְּשֶׁהוּא מַנִּיחַ – מַנִּיחַ שֶׁל יָד, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַנִּיחַ שֶׁל רֹאשׁ, וּכְשֶׁהוּא חוֹלֵץ – חוֹלֵץ שֶׁל רֹאשׁ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ חוֹלֵץ שֶׁל יָד. בִּשְׁלָמָא כְּשֶׁהוּא מַנִּיחַ – מַנִּיחַ שֶׁל יָד וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַנִּיחַ שֶׁל רֹאשׁ, דִּכְתִיב: ״וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ״, וַהֲדַר ״וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is further **taught** in a *baraita*: **When one dons** phylacteries, he first **dons** the phylacteries **of the arm and afterward dons** the phylacteries **of the head. And when he removes** his phylacteries, he first **removes** the phylacteries **of the head and afterward removes** the phylacteries **of the arm.** The Gemara asks: **Granted,** the ruling that **when one dons** phylacteries he first **dons** the phylacteries **of the arm and afterward dons** the phylacteries **of the head** is understood, **as it is** first **written: “And you shall bind them for a sign upon your arm,” and then** it is written: **“And they shall be for frontlets between your eyes”** (Deuteronomy 6:8).


###### Menachot 36a:6
[Menachot 36a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:6)

אֶלָּא כְּשֶׁהוּא חוֹלֵץ, חוֹלֵץ שֶׁל רֹאשׁ וְאַחַר כָּךְ חוֹלֵץ שֶׁל יָד, מְנָלַן? אָמַר רַבָּה: רַב הוּנָא אַסְבְּרַאּ לִי, אָמַר קְרָא: ״וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ״, כׇּל זְמַן שֶׁבֵּין עֵינֶיךָ יְהוּ שְׁתַּיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But from where do we** derive the *halakha* that **when he removes** his phylacteries, he first **removes** the phylacteries **of the head and afterward he removes** the phylacteries **of the arm? Rabba said** in explanation: **Rav Huna explained to me** the source of this *halakha*. **The verse states:** “And you shall bind them for a sign upon your arm **and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes,”** and it is derived from here: **As long as** the phylacteries of the head are **between your eyes,** the number of phylacteries you are wearing **shall be two.**


###### Menachot 36a:7
[Menachot 36a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:7)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: תְּפִילִּין מֵאֵימָתַי מְבָרֵךְ עֲלֵיהֶן? מִשְּׁעַת הַנָּחָתָן. כֵּיצַד? הָיָה מַשְׁכִּים לָצֵאת לַדֶּרֶךְ וּמִתְיָירֵא שֶׁמָּא יֹאבֵדוּ – מַנִּיחָן, וּכְשֶׁיַּגִּיעַ זְמַנָּן מְמַשְׁמֵשׁ בָּהֶן וּמְבָרֵךְ עֲלֵיהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **phylacteries, from when does one recite a blessing over them? From** when **the time** arrives to **don them. How so? If one is rising early to leave** his home **to** travel on **the road and is afraid lest** his phylacteries **become lost** during the journey, he **dons them** even at night, despite the fact that this is not the proper time for the mitzva of phylacteries. **And when** the **time** for **their** mitzva **arrives,** in the morning, **he touches them and recites a blessing over them.**


###### Menachot 36a:8
[Menachot 36a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:8)

וְעַד מָתַי מַנִּיחָן? עַד שֶׁתִּשְׁקַע הַחַמָּה. רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: עַד שֶׁתִּכְלֶה רֶגֶל מִן הַשּׁוּק, וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: עַד זְמַן שֵׁינָה. וּמוֹדִים חֲכָמִים לְרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב שֶׁאִם חֲלָצָן לָצֵאת לְבֵית הַכִּסֵּא אוֹ לִיכָּנֵס לְבֵית הַמֶּרְחָץ וְשָׁקְעָה חַמָּה – שׁוּב אֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר וּמַנִּיחָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And until when does one wear them? Until the sun sets. Rabbi Ya’akov says: Until traffic in the marketplace ceases. And the Rabbis say: Until the time of sleep. And the Rabbis concede to Rabbi Ya’akov that if one removed them to go out to the bathroom or to enter the bathhouse and the sun set, one does not don them again.**


###### Menachot 36a:9
[Menachot 36a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/36a:9)

אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב. רַב חִסְדָּא וְרַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא מְצַלּוּ בְּהוּ בְּאוּרְתָּא. אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: אֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman says:** The ***halakha*** is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ya’akov.** The Gemara likewise relates that **Rav Ḥisda and Rabba bar Rav Huna would pray in the evening,** i.e., the evening service, **with** phylacteries. **Some say** that Rav Naḥman ruled that the ***halakha*** is **not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ya’akov** but in accordance with the opinion of the first *tanna* that the mitzva of phylacteries ends at sunset.