Where are the tefillin placed?

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Tefillin shel yad (hand), on the left arm. Tefillin shel rosh (head), on the head

The arm tefillin (shel yad) is placed on the bicep of the weaker arm (left for right-handed, right for left-handed), facing the heart. The strap is wound 7 times around the forearm. The head tefillin (shel rosh) is placed above the forehead at the hairline, centered between the eyes. This fulfills 'Bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes' (Deuteronomy 6:8).

Where are the tefillin placed?

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