tefillin
IPA: tˈɛfɪɫɪn
Root Word: Tefillin
noun
- Tefillin (Israeli Hebrew: / ; Askhenazic pronunciation: ) or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah.
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Examples of "tefillin" in Sentences
- On placement of the arm tefillin .
- On placement of the head tefillin .
- To bind Tefillin on the forehead and arm.
- Clothes are worn and tefillin are not clothes.
- Ashuri script must be used for writing tefillin.
- Others lay both sets of tefillin simultaneously.
- The preferred parchment material for tefillin is klaf.
- One such law is the requirement that tefillin be dyed black.
- One such law is the requirement that 'tefillin' be dyed black.
- Jewish Law mentions the severity of neglecting the commandment of tefillin.
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