The practice among Sepharadim is to recite while wearing tefillin the four parshiyot (sections in the Torah) that mention tefillin and that are written on the parchment inside the tefillin. These sections are: kadesh (Shemot 13:1-10), ve’hayah ki yevi’acha (Shemot 13:11- 16), Shema (Devarim 5:4-9) and ve’hayah im shamoa (Devarim 11:13-21).

The parshiyot of Shema and ve’hayah im shamoa are recited as

part of the standard prayer service, while kadesh and ve’hayah ki yevi’acha should preferably be recited immediately after one dons his tefillin. In this way, one reads the four sections in the sequence in which they appear in the Torah. If a person did not recite kadesh and ve’hayah ki yevi’acha immediately after donning his tefillin, he should do so after the conclusion of the prayer service.[39 ]