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Many Ashkenazim recite the following verses before wrapping hand tefillin on their hands:

וּמֵחָכְמָתְךָ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן תַּאֲצִיל עָלַי, וּמִבִּינָתְךָ תְּבִינֵנִי. וּבְחַסְדְּךָ תַּגְדִּיל עָלַי, וּבִגְבוּרָתְךָ תַּצְמִית אוֹיְבַי וְקָמַי. וְשֶׁמֶן הַטּוֹב תָּרִיק עַל שִׁבְעָה קְנֵי הַמְּנוֹרָה, לְהַשְׁפִּיעַ טוּבְךָ לִבְרִיּוֹתֶיךָ. פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת יָדֶךָ וּמַשְׂבִּיעַ לְכָל חַי רָצוֹן.

The last part is from Psalm 145:16, but from where does the rest come from? Who mentions this practice? Most Germans omit these verses, while I've found it in a 1712 Polish rite siddur from Amsterdam and it's in Artscroll as well.

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    There's also a minhag among some to recite "V'eirastich Li L'olam" when wrapping the tefillin around the fingers.
    – ezra
    Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 16:03
  • @ezra Those lines were written by R' Hoshea Ben Beiri
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 17:33
  • @DoubleAA Very funny way of putting the Prophet Hoshea. :) Yes, the text comes from Hoshea 2:21-22.
    – ezra
    Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 17:39
  • @ezra That's another story, and it's there in (at least) all Ashkenazic minhagim
    – Kazi bácsi
    Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 20:05

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This was authored by Rabbi Moshe Elbaz - Sefer Haichal Hakodesh.

Sefer was published in 5413.

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