Note 24 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The performance of this commandment is preceded by the usual benediction (ברכת המצות), concluding להניח תפלין, “to place the tefillin,” scil., on the arm and on the head. According to the German rite, a second benediction is recited before placing the tefillah shel rosh on the head, viz., על מצות תפלין, “concerning the commandment of tefillin.”24