Pretty straight forward--why do Sephardim put on the tefillin shel yad while sitting?
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1You could make this question more valuable by including information about how you know that this is the case (source?) and why you consider it remarkable (contrast with others' practice? known reason for others' practice?).– Isaac Moses ♦Dec 6, 2013 at 15:32
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2possible duplicate of bracha on tefillin while sitting– YishaiDec 6, 2013 at 15:46
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Yalkut Yosef 25:69 says that it is done that way Al Pi Kabala.
מנהגינו על פי הקבלה להניח תפילין של יד מיושב, ותפילין של ראש מעומד. ומנהג האשכנזים להניח בין תפילין של יד בין תפילין של ראש מעומד. [ילקו''י על תפילין מהדורת תשס''ד, סימן כה הערה סח, שאר''י חלק א' עמ' שנב].
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Al Pi Kabala means it is for a Kabilistic reason, which is beyond my comprehension. Dec 6, 2013 at 15:39
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Why in this case we go according to kabbalah and in others we don't? Dec 6, 2013 at 15:55
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Your question was why - which I answered. If you want to ask why in this case we go according to kabbalah and in others we don't, then please click here Dec 6, 2013 at 16:04
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Hacham Ovadia Yosef has a rule in his Pesakim- "Bimkom Minhag Lo Amrinan Kibalnu Horaot Maran- when there is a preexisting Minhag we don't follow Maran". Why is this so? Because Maran writes in the Hakdama to the Bet Yosef that he didn't come to get rid of old Minhagim. Therefor the preexisting Minhag before the Bet Yosef was to place them sitting down.
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Are you judaism.stackexchange.com/users/1035/hacham-gabriel or do you guys just have the same name?– WAFDec 22, 2013 at 15:40
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@WAF I am him but I lost access to that email. I'm not sure how to get back into that account. Dec 22, 2013 at 15:52
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@hachamgavriel please use the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page to contact the team about this. If you can provide them with enough identifying information about the other account they might be able to help you get back in. (That's not something mods can do; you have to ask them.) Dec 24, 2013 at 4:41