Category directory
Tefillin from certified sofrim, including batim and retzuos.
34 published merchants
34 stores in this directory sell tefillin. Many are general Judaica retailers, and many others are sofrim and STaM specialists. Every listing links to the store's own site, and each fact on it comes from a dated source.
Tefillin have three parts: the parchment scrolls, the boxes (batim) and the straps (retzuos). The scrolls are handwritten on parchment by a specially trained scribe.[1] You can't judge them yourself, so the seller's reliability matters most. If you don't know where to buy, ask your rav.
Batim grades. Chabad.org describes three: peshutim, made from separate pieces of leather and the simplest; dakkos, made from one thin piece; and gassos, made from one thick piece, the most durable and expensive.[1] The boxes must be square and black, and the black side of the straps faces out.[2]
Custom. The standard customs are Ashkenaz, Sefard and Chabad. They affect how the arm-tefillin straps are knotted and the style of the letters on the parchment.[1] Tell the seller which one you follow.
Plan well ahead for a bar mitzvah. Halachipedia notes the common Ashkenazi custom is to start wearing tefillin two or three months before the bar mitzvah, and that Sephardim often begin a year or two before.[3] Customs vary, so ask your rav, then order early enough to have the tefillin before that date. Ask the seller about lead time, since higher grades can take longer.
Retailer · Online
Israel-based online Judaica retailer (Bnei Brak) shipping internationally, with a catalog spanning tallits, tefillin, mezuzahs, shofars, menorahs, Israeli art, jewelry, and gifts, including handwoven Gabrieli tallits and Yair Emanuel pieces. US toll-free phone support and mainstream US payment methods.
Ships internationally · from Israel
Retailer · Aventura · Online
Large Judaica store in Aventura, FL (the site describes 2,500 sq ft of display) selling mezuzah covers, ritual Judaica (tallis, kippot, tzitzis, tefillin, tallis and tefillin bags, kittels), Shabbat and holiday items, books, jewelry, toys and Jewish home goods. Offers free nationwide shipping, same-day delivery and pickup in South Florida, and in-store foil stamping and embroidery personalization.
Ships from the U.S.
Retailer · Cleveland Heights · Online
Judaica and seforim store on South Taylor Road in Cleveland Heights, OH, selling Hebrew and English Jewish books, mezuzahs and tefillin, wedding and religious items, toys, music and wine, plus seasonal esrogim, matzah and sukkahs; WooCommerce cart with per-item ordering.
Retailer · Brooklyn · Online
Crown Heights Judaica store at 361 Kingston Avenue, operating for more than three decades and carrying seforim, tallis and tefillin bags, music, gifts, and a STaM department. Its official site supports online shopping and describes service to domestic and international customers.
Ships internationally
Retailer · Brooklyn · Online
Judaica store on Coney Island Avenue in Flatbush, in business over 60 years (roots to 1961), selling books, tallits, kippahs, tefillin and mezuzos, holiday goods, and institutional synagogue supplies. Also provides services including tefillin and mezuzah inspection, silver repair, tallis cleaning, Torah polishing and repair, and shaymos burial.
Retailer · Teaneck · Online
Teaneck, NJ Jewish bookstore and gift shop since 1974 carrying Hebrew and English Judaica titles, cookbooks, children's books, giftware, Israeli jewelry, talaisim, mezuzah parchments and cases and tefillin, with engraving, embroidery, gold stamping and mezuzah/tefillin checking.
Retailer · Lakewood · Online
Judaica and seforim retailer with two large Lakewood stores (River Ave and E County Line Rd) and a full online catalog of seforim, Jewish books, tefillin, tallis, silver, and gifts. Ships US-only with free shipping over $75, offers $7 local delivery across greater Ocean County, and free in-store pickup at both locations.
Ships within the U.S.
Retailer · Teaneck · Online
Teaneck, NJ Judaica and seforim store (in the former Weinreb's Books location on West Englewood Ave) selling sefarim and gemarot, tefillin, mezuzot, tallitot, kippot, home decor and embroidered items, with mezuzah, tefillin and shatnez checking and a genizah.
Retailer · Bronx · Online
Riverdale (Bronx) Judaica shop of 20+ years selling Jewish books, mezuzahs, tefillin, tallises, kippot, Shabbat and holiday items and gifts, with a Shopify online store.
Retailer · Online
Scottsdale, AZ Judaica and custom-embroidery shop, formerly Judaica Central (judaicacentralaz.com redirects here), selling tallit prayer shawls and bags, atarot, tzitzis, kippahs, tefillin bags, mezuzah covers, kiddush cups, challah covers, washing cups and holiday collections, with embroidery and engraving services and first-class US shipping.
Ships from the U.S.
Retailer · Online
Family-run South Florida Judaica web store (copyright 1995-2026) selling wedding items (ketubahs, kiddush cups), bar/bat mitzvah gifts, menorahs, seder plates, tallits, mezuzahs, tefillin, jewelry, home decor and books, shipped worldwide with complimentary gift wrap and cards. No physical address is published.
Ships worldwide
Retailer · Great Neck
Mom-and-pop Judaica shop on Middle Neck Road in Great Neck, Long Island, selling Jewish art, books, kippahs, tefillin, tallits, jewelry and holiday items; the site is browse-only with orders by email, shipping anywhere in the US.
Retailer · Lakewood · Online
Large Judaica and seforim superstore on Madison Avenue in Lakewood, selling Hebrew seforim, English Jewish books, tzitzis, yarmulkas, gifts, and holiday items both in-store and through a full online shop. Offers nationwide shipping and free next-business-day local delivery in the greater Lakewood area on orders over $75.
Ships from the U.S.
Retailer · Online
Large Jerusalem-based online Judaica and Israeli-products retailer shipping worldwide — Jewish jewelry, tallits, tefillin, shofars, mezuzahs, Israeli art, Dead Sea cosmetics, and gifts. Multi-currency checkout with a US toll-free support line.
Ships internationally · from Israel
Retailer · Los Angeles · Online
Online specialist in mezuzah cases and certified kosher mezuzah scrolls, operating since 1999, with cases in wood, glass, stone, metal, ceramic, and acrylic plus kosher tefillin and mounting accessories. Ships mezuzah cases and scrolls free across the US.
Ships to the U.S.
Retailer · Encino · Online
Family-run Judaica superstore in Encino, CA (Los Angeles) with a full online shop — sukkah kits, tallits, tefillin, seforim, holiday goods, mezuzahs, and simcha supplies. Offers personalized kippahs in many materials and custom ketubah designs.
Ships to the U.S.
Retailer · Flushing · Online
Judaica and seforim store on Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills (Flushing), Queens, with an online catalog of Hebrew, English, Russian and Spanish books, holiday items, mezuzah cases, tallit and tefillin bags and gifts.
Retailer · Brooklyn · Online
Large Judaica and Jewish book retailer on Avenue M in Midwood/Flatbush stocking over 25,000 products including seforim, taleisim, tefillin, silver, giftware, and holiday items, with a full online store offering free US shipping and international delivery.
Ships internationally · from the U.S.
Sofer / STaM · Online
Star-K certified sofer in Baltimore selling and checking tefillin (repair, refurbishment, computerized checking), mezuzot in Ashkenaz, Sephardic and Nusach Sefarad, sifrei Torah and megillot; practicing since 1987.
Sofer / STaM · Jerusalem · Online
Jerusalem STaM house of Moshe Flumenbaum at 9 Straus Street selling tefillin gassot ($920-$3,295) and dakot ($615-$640), mezuzot, megillot, tallitot and shofars; in-stock pairs shipped next business day by DHL, with a US-tariff notice.
Ships internationally · from Israel
Sofer / STaM · Los Angeles · Online
Sofer STaM center in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, run by Sofer Avrohom Dovid Wolffe: sells Sifrei Torah, tefillin, mezuzah scrolls (AriZal and Alter Rebbe ksav), hand-painted mezuzah cases and megillos, and offers mezuzah/tefillin checking and repair, computer scanning, synagogue 'sofer days' and home/office visits by appointment.
Sofer / STaM · Brooklyn · Online
Crown Heights STaM house selling sifrei Torah, tefillin, and mezuzos written by certified sofrim, alongside Torah accessories such as crowns, mantels, and pointers. Also provides checking services for existing tefillin and mezuzos, and sells online as well as from its Kingston Avenue store.
Sofer / STaM · Spring Valley · Online
Rabbi Shea Lindner, a certified sofer since 1993, writes, sells and checks tefillin, mezuzos, sifrei Torah and megillos from Spring Valley, NY; tefillin from $1,090 (Level 1) with a Chabad option.
Sofer / STaM · Wynnewood
Rabbi Yonah Gross's STaM business in Wynnewood (Lower Merion), PA selling mezuzot with certified klafim (installation and checking) and tefillin from $620, with checking and repair using loaners; megillot and sifrei Torah on request. Serves Greater Philadelphia, eastern PA, South Jersey and Delaware and ships worldwide.
Ships worldwide
Sofer / STaM · Airmont
Airmont-based safrus (STa"M) business specializing in tefillin and mezuzahs, offering checking, installation, and repair with house calls throughout Rockland, northern New Jersey, Westchester, and Manhattan; products ship throughout the United States and Canada.
Ships internationally · from the U.S.
Sofer / STaM · San Diego · Online
San Diego-based STaM supplier ('The Sofer's Store') selling handwritten Sifrei Torah, tefillin, mezuzot and megillot plus Torah ornaments, mantles, parochets and other synagogue items, with mezuzah/tefillin checking and Torah evaluation services; flat-rate $10 delivery on most products.
Sofer / STaM · Baltimore
Baltimore sofer (Rabbi Gholian's Workshop) offering sales, checking and repair of sifrei Torah, tefillin and mezuzot with computerized checking, Star-K certified, with a portfolio of mezuzah scrolls and covers; visits by appointment.
Sofer / STaM · Monsey · Online
Monsey safrus office run by a Vaad Mishmeres STa"M-certified sofer, selling and checking mezuzahs, tefillin, megillos, and sifrei Torah, with house calls, repairs, loaner programs, and an online store that ships mezuzahs, tefillin, and accessories.
Ships from the U.S.
Sofer / STaM · Brooklyn · Online
Flatbush STaM and synagogue-supply house on Coney Island Avenue selling sifrei Torah, tefillin, mezuzahs, Torah covers and mantels, ark curtains (paroches), bima covers, Torah rollers, and silver Torah ornaments, both in-store and through a full online shop. Custom items can be ordered through a quote-request system.
Ships from the U.S.
Sofer / STaM · Brooklyn · Online
Williamsburg, Brooklyn sofrus center of Rabbi Shimon Zeide selling sofrus supplies, tefillin, mezuzahs, megillahs and pitum haktores online (free shipping over $75), with inspection and repair services and sofrus courses.
Sofer / STaM · Online
Sofer STaM service run by Rabbi Levi Backman serving Miami-Dade, South Broward, Boca Raton and South Florida: kosher mezuzah scrolls, tefillin (including Bar Mitzvah packages), mezuzah and tefillin checking, home visits, Torah scrolls and megillot, and safrut workshops. Orders and inquiries are by WhatsApp, phone or form; no street address is published.
Bookseller · Miami · Online
Spanish/English Judaica and Jewish-book store at 2470 NE Miami Gardens Dr, Miami (the site states Sefarad Judaica Inc is now part of the store), selling 800+ book titles (Torah, Kabbalah, philosophy, children's, Hebrew language), tefillin, mezuzahs, tallits, shofars, menorahs and jewelry, with free US shipping over $200.
Institutional supplier · North Miami Beach
North Miami Beach-based scribal organization (Rabbi Gedaliah Druin, founder; Rabbi Moshe Druin, president) that sells new and pre-owned Torah scrolls, provides Torah restoration, evaluation and appraisal, and offers certified kosher STaM (megillot, tefillin, mezuzahs) at wholesale prices plus tefillin/mezuzah checking and Torah ornaments. Informational site with contact forms; no cart.
Artist & designer · Online
Israeli family weaving studio, working since 1964, selling its handwoven wool, silk, and cotton tallitot directly online along with tefillin, challah covers, tablecloths, and custom chuppahs. Each piece is hand-loomed in Israel; international checkout serves a worldwide customer base.
Ships internationally · from Israel
Opinions differ. Chabad.org recommends a check by a qualified scribe at least twice every seven years. Halachipedia notes that tefillin worn regularly need not be checked, but calls a yearly check, especially in Elul, praiseworthy. Ask your rav.
No. All three grades can be kosher. Chabad.org notes that gassos last longer and are easier to repair, which is why many families choose them.
Yes, from a seller you trust. Ask who wrote and checked the parchments before you order.
