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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 42
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<b>אם מותר לשנות תפילין של יד לשל ראש. ובו ג סעיפים:</b><br>אסור לשנות תפילין של ראש לעשותן של יד ואפי' ליקח רצועה מהם וליתן בשל יד אסור מפני שאין מורידין מקדושה חמורה לקדושה קלה ושל ראש קדושתו חמורה שרובו של שדי בשל ראש אבל משל יד לשל ראש מותר לשנות ואם היו חדשים שעדיין לא הניחם מותר לשנות אפי' משל ראש לשל יד שטולה עליהם מכסה עור א' ונראים כבית א':
Laws regarding whether it is permitted to change hand תפילין into head תפילין. And there are 3 Se'ifim: It is forbidden to change head תפילין and make them into hand תפילין. And even to take a strap from them and place them on the hand תפילין is forbidden, since we don't lower [an item] from a stricter (ie. higher) sanctity to a [more] lenient sanctity... and the head תפילין has a stricter sanctity since the majority of the [Holy Name] שד-י is on the head תפילין (ie. the ש on the box and the ד on the back of the head straps). But [to change] from hand תפילין to head תפילין is permitted. And if they were brand new and were never worn, it is permitted to change them... even from head תפילין to hand תפילין... for he affixes on them (ie. on the head תפילין box which has four visible compartments) a single leather covering and then they appear as one compartment.
אם התנה עליהם מתחלה אפי' לבשן אדם יכול לשנותן אפי' משל ראש לשל יד:
If he made a stipulation on them (ie. on the head תפילין) originally [when he made them], [then] even if someone wore them he may change them... even going from head תפילין to hand תפילין.
סודר דאזמניה למיצר ביה תפילין לעולם וצר ביה תפילין חד זמנא אסור למיצר ביה זוזי: הגה ואם התנה עליו מתחלה בכל ענין שרי (ב"י בשם רבי' ירוחם ומהרי"א) וקלף המעובד לשם תפילין אסור לכתוב עליו דברי חול דהזמנה כי האי גוונא לגוף הקדושה מלתא היא (ר"ן ס"פ נגמר הדין) אזמניה ולא צר ביה או צר ביה ולא אזמניה שרי למיצר ביה זוזי:
A kerchief that one designated to wrap his תפילין in always (ie. as it's permanent pouch), and he [actually] wrapped his תפילין in them one time... it is forbidden to wrap money in them. Rem"a: And if he stipulated on them (ie. on the kerchief, that he wants to be able to use it for non-sacred items) originally [when he took the kerchief], then it is permitted for all use. (Beit Yosef in the name of R. Yerucham and Mahar"i). [Regarding] parchment that was processed for the sake of [the mitzvah of] תפילין... it is forbidden to write mundane things on them because designation [done] in such a way [where it involves] the sacred item itself is [considered] significant (Ra"n at the end of the chapter "When the trial has ended" - ie. Tractate Sanhedrin chapter 6). If one designated [the kerchief] but did not [yet] wrap them (ie. the תפילין) [in it], or he wrapped them but did not designate it... it is permitted to wrap his money in it.
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