Rabbenu Tam Tefillin is part of the Shacharit (Weekday) service of the traditional weekday siddur. The full Hebrew text with English translation appears below; open it in the free interactive siddur to follow along.
At the conclusion of Shacharit, it is customary to don Rabbeinu Tam's tefillin—without a blessing—and to recite the Shema. Some also recite the Biblical section of Exodus 13:1-16.
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ | אֶחָד:
Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
Recite the following verse in an undertone:
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:
Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom for ever and ever.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.
And it will be, if you will diligently obey My commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul: I will give rain for your land at the proper time, the early rain and the late rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be sated. Take care lest your heart be lured away, and you turn astray and worship alien gods and bow down to them. For then the Lord’s wrath will flare up against you, and He will close the heavens so that there will be no rain and the earth will not yield its produce, and you will swiftly perish from the good land which the Lord gives you. Therefore, place these words of Mine upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, to speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates—so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them for as long as the heavens are above the earth.
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to attach a thread of blue on the fringe of each corner. They shall be to you as tzitzit , and you shall look upon them and remember all the commandments of the Lord and fulfill them, and you will not follow after your heart and after your eyes by which you go astray—so that you may remember and fulfill all My commandments, and be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I, the Lord, am your God. True.
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Consecrate to Me every firstborn, every one that first opens the womb, among the children of Israel, of man and of beast; it belongs to Me. And Moses said to the people: Remember this day on which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of it; and no leavened bread shall be eaten. On this day you are going out, in the month of Aviv. And when the Lord will bring you to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you shall perform this service in this month: Seven days you shall eat matzot, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival to the Lord. Throughout the seven days, matzot shall be eaten; nothing leavened, nor any leaven, shall be seen in all your territory. And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, is on account of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.” And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, so that the Torah of the Lord may always be in your mouth; for with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. You shall observe this ordinance at the appointed time, from year to year. And when the Lord will bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and He will give it to you, you shall set apart for the Lord every [offspring] that first opens the womb; every male firstling that your cattle shall issue shall be the Lord’s. You shall redeem with a lamb every firstling ass, but if you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem every firstborn of man among your sons. And when, in time to come, your son will ask you, saying, “What is this?” you shall say to him, “With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. And when Pharaoh obdurately refused to let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, the first-born of both man and beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord every male that first opens the womb, and redeem all my firstborn sons.” And it shall be as a sign on your hand and a reminder between your eyes, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.
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