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Phylacteries

(tefillin)

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Parchment scrolls inscribed with biblical passages kept in small leather boxes, which observant Jews bind with leather straps (retzuot) to their left arm and forehead during morning prayers.

Video

How to put on tefillin.

Translations

  • Hebrewתפילין
  • GermanGebetsriemen
  • RussianТфилин
  • FrenchPhylactères
  • DutchGebedsriemen
  • ItalianFilatteri
  • CzechModlitební řemínky
  • HungarianImaszíjak
  • SpanishFilacterias
  • GreekΤεφιλίν
  • PolishTefilin
  • Arabicتفيلين
  • Yiddishתּפֿילין
  • LadinoTefilin

Bibliography

Neiman, Moshe Chanina. Tefillin: An Illustrated Guide. Jerusalem: Feldheim, 1995.

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