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    Tefillin (/ˈtfɪlɪn/; Israeli Hebrew: תְּפִלִּין‎ / תְּפִילִּין‎; Ashkenazic pronunciation: [tfiˈlin]), or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather...
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  • nevertheless, in recent years a number of "tefillin minyanim" have started in Israel. Among those who do wear tefillin on Chol HaMoed, some omit or recite the...
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    campaigns for additional mitzvot as well. Tefillin: Men (age 13 and up) are encouraged to wear the tefillin every morning excluding Shabbat (the sabbath...
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  • Tefillin Barbie is a creation of Jen Taylor Friedman, first produced in 2006. It is a Mattel Barbie doll wearing a tallit and tefillin. Tefillin Barbie...
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    obligation to lay tefillin begins when a boy reaches bar mitzvah age. The common custom is for the bar mitzvah boy to begin putting on tefillin one to three...
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    סופרים) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, סת״ם, is an abbreviation of these three...
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  • phylacteries in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phylactery may refer to: Tefillin, a set of boxes with straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with...
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  • tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see Tefillin) to huge polyglot codices (multi-lingual books) containing both the Hebrew...
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  • center of the Grand Mosque of Mecca; it is the most sacred site in Islam Tefillin, a small black leather cube used by Jews during prayer This disambiguation...
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    "[t]he acronym for Shabbos is: Shtreimel Bimkom Tefillin - the shtreimel takes the place of tefillin." Since wearing special clothing on Shabbat is a...
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