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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 31
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Orach Chayim Siman 31 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>דין תפילין בשבת ויום טוב. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>בשבת ויו"ט אסור להניח תפילין מפני שהם עצמם אות ואם מניחים בהם אות אחר היה זלזול לאות שלהם:
It is prohibited to wear tefillin on Shabbos or Yom Tov since they are an אות (a sign) and if one were to also wear an extra sign it would be a disgrace to their sign.
בחוה"מ ג"כ אסור להניח תפילין מהטעם הזה בעצמו שימי חוה"מ גם הם אות: הגה וי"א שחוה"מ חייב בתפילין [ב"י בשם הרא"ש] וכן נוהגין בכל גלילות אלו להניחם במועד ולברך עליה' אלא שאין מברכין עליה' בקול רם בב"ה כמו שאר ימות השנה:
...On Chol HaMoed it is prohibited to wear tefillin for the same reason, namely that Chol HaMoed is also an אות (sign). Rema: There are those who maintain that one is obligated to wear tefillin on Chol HaMoed [Beit Yosef quoting the Rosh] and the custom in all these regions is to put on tefillin with a beracha. The only difference is that the beracha is not recited out loud in shul as is normally done.
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