Kissing one's tefillin

Hi,

One may kiss his tefillin shel rosh (head tefillin) when withdrawing them from his bag, even though one is not supposed to interrupt between donning the tefillin shel yad (arm tefillin) and tefillin shel rosh. This is acceptable because it is for the honour of the tefillin.

(Rivivot Ephraim 1:27:1)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Kissing the straps of one's tefillin

Hi,

Theoretically, one could contend that kissing the straps of one's tefillin, after donning the arm tefillin and before donning the head tefillin, would constitute an illegal interruption. However, because this does not cause a delay in donning the head tefillin, this is not a concern.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 4:10)

Have a great day,
Mordechai