Q. If one recites Selichos in a shul where he can already wear Tefilin before, should he do so?

A. It is not unusual for mispalelim to wear a ta’alis for selichos recital and recite a brocho if the correct time has arrived. Some do the same for tefilin.

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one should recite Selichos at a minyan that begins early enough (still night), so he can’t be wearing Tefillin.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a