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Categories: Positive Mitzvoth, Religious headgear, Book of Deuteronomy, Jewish life cycle, Hebrew words and phrases in the Hebrew Bible

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(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer WordNet 3.0

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Tefillin, or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Wikipedia

Either of the two small leather cases, containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer; the tefilla. Wiktionary

Leather case containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men; the tefilla. Wiktionary (translation)

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus