Commentary for Menachot 73:5

ת"ר אטר מניח תפילין בימינו שהוא שמאלו והתניא מניח בשמאלו שהוא שמאלו של כל אדם אמר אביי כי תניא ההיא בשולט בשתי ידיו

Another [Baraitha] taught: One that has no [left] arm is exempt from tefillin. Others say, 'Thy hand', includes a man that has but the stump of the arm. Our Rabbis taught: A left-handed man puts his tefillin on his right hand for that is his left.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the weaker hand.');">⁸</span> But it has also been taught that he must put it on his left hand which is also the left of all people! - The latter was taught o a person who is ambidextrous.

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