Q&A: Respect for Tefillin
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Respect for Tefillin
Question
Hello Rabbi, I’m not feeling well and I’m vomiting many times במהלך the day. I want to put on tefillin and pray, but the problem is that I might vomit, and when I feel that I’m about to vomit I go to the bathroom to vomit there.
Is it permitted to go into the bathroom with tefillin in such a case?
Answer
Absolutely not. Put them on only for the short time when you can maintain cleanliness, and then remove them. When you have the feeling that you’re about to vomit, even if you don’t actually vomit, do not put them on as well, also because of distraction.
Discussion on Answer
Because that is an unclean body state (and if you haven’t emptied it, then it is also in the presence of filth/excrement).
Why not just vomit into a bucket?