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(Some have the custom of checking their tefillin twice in seven years. The Beis Yosef (Orach Chayim 39) quotes the Rosh who says this custom is based on a Gemara [Yoma 11a], which gives that timetable for checking one’s mezuzos. The Rosh, however, notes that there is a fundamental difference between mezuzos and tefillin in that the former are exposed to the elements. Other people do not check their tefillin at all. Finally, others recommend checking one’s tefillin after buying them by giving them to someone other than the seller. By doing this, one ensures that the tefikllin one bought were kosher.)

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Rabbi Raphael Fuchs
Rabbi Fuchs learned in Yeshivas Toras Moshe, where he became a close talmid of Rav Michel Shurkin, shlit”a. While he was there he received semicha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, shlit”a. He then learned in Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, and became a close talmid of Rav Shmuel Berenbaum, zt”l. Rabbi Fuchs received semicha from the Mirrer Yeshiva as well. After Rav Shmuel’s petira Rabbi Fuchs learned in Bais Hatalmud Kollel for six years. He is currently a Shoel Umaishiv in Yeshivas Beis Meir in Lakewood, and a Torah editor and weekly columnist at The Jewish Press.