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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 30
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<b>זמן הנחתן. ובו ה סעיפים:</b><br>זמן הנחתן בבוקר משיראה את חבירו הרגיל עמו קצת ברחוק ארבע אמות ויכירנו:
The time to put them [Tefillin] in the morning is at the time when one can see his close friend from four cubits away and recognize him.
אסור להניח תפילין בלילה שמא ישכחם וישן בהם. אם הניחם קודם שתשקע החמה וחשכה עליו אפילו הם עליו כל הלילה מותר ואין מורין כן. אם לא חלץ תפילין מששקעה חמה מפני שלא היה מקום לשמרן ונמצאו עליו כדי לשמרן מותר ומורין כן:
One is prohibited to put Tefillin on at night since he may forget [that he has them on] and sleep in them. If he puts them on before the sun sets and it happens to get dark, even if he wears them the whole night, it is permitted. [However] we do not teach [people] to do this. If he did not remove the Tefillin once the sun set since he had no place to guard them and therefore, left them on to protect them... This is allowed and is such taught.
היה רוצה לצאת לדרך בהשכמה מניחם וכשיגיע זמנם ימשמש בהם ויברך דליכא למיחש שמא יישן בהם כיון שהשכים ויצא לדרך:
If one wanted to go out on his way early [in the morning, before the actual time that is permitted to put them on], he puts them on, and when their time comes ,he should feel them and make the bracha on them. There is no need to be concerned that he may sleep in them since he is getting up to go on his way.
היה בא בדרך ותפילין בראשו ושקעה עליו חמה או שהיה יושב בבית המדרש ותפילין בראשו וקדש עליו היום יניח ידו עליהם עד שיגיע לבית ואם יש בית קרוב לחומה שמשתמרין שם חולצן ומניחם שם:
... If one was travelling with his tefillin on and the sun set or if he was in the Bais Midrash and Shabbos arrived he should cover his tefillin with his hand until he reaches his house and if there is a house close to the entrance of the city that is safe he should leave his tefillin there.
יש מי שאומר שאם התפלל תפל' ערבית מבעוד יום עד שלא הניח תפילין אין לו להניחם אחר כך:
... There is an opinion that maintains that if one davened maariv while yet day and has not yet put on tefillin he may no longer put them on that day.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0