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tefillin

or ³Ù±ð·±è³ó¾±±ô·±ô¾±²Ô

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tuh-fil-in; Sephardic Hebrew tuh-fee-leen ]

plural noun

Judaism.
  1. the phylacteries.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tefillin1

1605–15; < Hebrew ³ÙÉ™±è³ó¾±±ô±ôÄ«²Ô, akin to ³ÙÉ™±è³ó¾±±ô±ôÄå³ó prayer
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The video also showed Catholic iconography, an evangelical Christian service and a Jewish worshipper with a tefillin.

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Turns out he was there to conduct a tefillin ceremony.

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Rising on Friday to shared meals and coffee, the protesters dismantled their tents as others prayed with their arms wrapped in tefillin before they all began marching again towards Jerusalem and the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.

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The former ultra-Orthodox Jew is wearing a white prayer shawl and tefillin - long leather straps with small boxes attached, containing scrolls with verses from the Torah.

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I stared at it as I went through my morning routine—washing my hands, putting on tallis and tefillin and davening.

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