Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Menachot 73:2

ר' נתן אומר אינו צריך הרי הוא אומר (דברים ו, ח) וקשרתם וכתבתם מה כתיבה בימין אף קשירה בימין וכיון דקשירה בימין הנחה בשמאל היא ור' יוסי החורם הנחה דבשמאל מנא ליה נפקא ליה מהיכא דנפקא ליה לר' נתן

R'Nathan says, All this is unnecessary, for since it is written And th shalt bind them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the Tefillin; Deut. VI, 8.');"><sup>3</sup></span> and And thou shalt write them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the Mezuzah; ibid. 9. vfsh vvf sh');"><sup>4</sup></span> as writing is with the right hand so the binding shall be with the right hand, and if the binding is to be with the right hand then obviously [the hand-tefillah] must be put on the left hand. Whence does R'Jose ha-Horem learn that it must be put on the left hand? - He derives it from that same passage from which R'Nathan derives it.

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