The Shver Insisted

 

*ובני ישראל יוצאים ביד רמ"א R. Akiva Eiger zt”l brings a ראיה (proof) from a Rashi in Sukah 46a that one is obligated to wear Tefillin on  Chol Hamoed. The תנא קמא holds if one has many Mitzvos to perform, (at the same time) he should make one Bracha "על המצות" Rashi gives an example of how one has many Mitzvos at the same time, for instance, לולב סוכה תפילין ציצית R. Shmuel Birenbaum zt”l writes when he came the first time to his Shver (R. Akiva Eiger zt”l) on Chol Hamoed Pesach. His Shver insisted, he put on Tefillin**, even though, his family was from Chasidic background, and didn’t wear Tefillin on Chol Hamoed. Reb Akiva Eiger  claimed that in Germany & all the surrounding countries it was accepted to follow תורת משה, the רמ"א, in all his Pesakim, wherever he argues on the בית יוסף. *Oc"h 31:2 **from then on he wore Tefillin on Chol Hamoed ,   with no Bracha and made a Tenai