The posuk says �u�k�shartem� (you shall bind them) , not �v�hinachtem� (you shall place them) � indeed, we routinely call it �putting on tefilin� = �hanachas tefilin�, rather than the way the Torah calls it: �keshiras tefilin�..
Well then, I guess I must be a complete idiot and am ha’aretz, since I have never made the bracha of “asher kidishanu b’mitvosav, vitzivanu, l’kasher tefillin.”
Thank you for educating me.
The Wolf