Is anyone familiar with an inyan of putting on one’s Talis and Tefillin outside of the shul, such as in the lobby or back room? I would think that to perform these Mitzvohs within the confines of a Bais Mikdash Me’at would be preferable. Is there a M’kor for this?
Rabbi Poliakoff in his book “Minhagei Lita” mentions this minhag and relates that in Lita (or at least in Telz where he learned for many years) this practice was unheard of.
In truth, it is a befeirush Mechaber AND Rama, Orach Chaim 25:2.