Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 191:13

אלא האי תנא הוא דתניא מיכל בת כושי היתה מנחת תפילין ולא מיחו בה חכמים ואשתו של יונה היתה עולה לרגל ולא מיחו בה חכמים מדלא מיחו בה חכמים אלמא קסברי מצות עשה שלא הזמן גרמא היא

For it was taught: If a man keeps awake at night,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that, unlike a man asleep, he is able to take proper care of his tefillin.');">⁴¹</span> he may remove his tefillin if he wishes or, if he prefers, he may put them on;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He is not transgressing thereby the prohibition against adding to the commandments, since Pentateuchally the night also is a time for the wearing of tefillin. The Rabbinical enactment against wearing them at night is merely a precaution against possible disrespect to them during sleep.');">⁴²</span> so R'Nathan. Jonathan the Kitonite ruled: Tefillin may not be worn at night.

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