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According to the Mishna (daf 28a) all four of the parshiyot, or chapters, of the Torah that are placed in tefillin (Shema and ve-haya im shamo’a, as in mezuzot, as well as the two other parshiyot where the mitzva of tefillin appears in Sefer Shemot, Chapter 13 – kadesh and ve-hayah ki yevi’akhah), must be included in order for the tefillin be valid.
This ruling leads the Gemara to segue from its discussion of mezuzot to a discussion of tefillin.
The Gemara quotes baraitot that describe the differences between the tefillin shel rosh – the one placed on the head – and the tefillin shel yad – the one placed on the arm. The tefillin shel rosh is made up of four separate pieces of parchment on which the different parshiyot are written.
We explore differences between the parsha and Halachah.