Tfillin and Marriage Symbols

[debka_notion]

Just noticed this morning that not only do we recite psukim (verses) about being bethrothed to G-d while wrapping tfillin straps around our fingers, we then go on to wrap the strap around the ring where people contemporarily wear wedding rings. I wonder if there was some influence, although I very much doubt it. But it was a striking sort of coincidence.

I wonder if that affects how married Jews feel about their rings and/or about their tfillin. (Input, anyone?)

Comments

[nuqotw.livejournal.com]

I don't wrap tefillin on my left hand either! There are numerous customs for how to wrap them on one's hand, so at a guess plenty of folks in fact don't wrap them on that finger at all.

I believe that one is supposed to remove rings, watches and other interference when wearing tefillin.

Also, as you move further "right" an increasing number of men simply don't wear wedding rings at all.