Yekke2, What about כל הקורא קריאת שמע בלא תפילין כאילו מעיד עדות שקר?
What about it?
The fact remains that the two mitzvos are still unrelated. If you don’t have tefillin (for whatever reason) you still say Krias Sh’ma. Even if you aren’t putting them on by choice, there is *still* a mitzvah to say Krias Sh’ma.
Likewise, tefillin doesn’t depend on saying Krias Sh’ma. If you put on tefillin during the day and don’t say Krias Sh’ma, you are still mekayem the mitzvah of tefillin.
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