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Phylactery may mean: • Phylactery, Greek term for tefillin, leather boxes worn on the arm and head during certain Jewish services • Phylactery, an amulet to protect the wearer from harm • Phylactery,...
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Tefillin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tefillin , (Hebrew: תפילין ), also called phylacteries , are a pair of black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Bible. The hand-tefillin, or shel yad ...
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The laws governing the wearing of phylacteries were derived by the Rabbis from four Biblical passages (Deut. vi. 8, xi. ... ... The laws governing the wearing of phylacteries were derived by the Rabbis from four Biblical passages (Deut. vi. 8, xi. 18; Ex. xiii. 9, 16). While these passages were interpreted literally by...
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Britannica Online Encyclopedia ... Learn more about "phylacteries" ... Learn more about "phylacteries" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Get information, facts, and pictures about phylacteries at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about phylacteries easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... phylacteries [Gr.,=safeguard], two small leather boxes worn during morning prayers by Orthodox...
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The word occurs only once in the New Testament (Matthew 23:5), in the great discourse of Our Lord against the Pharisees whom He reproaches with ostentation in the discharge of ... 11:13-21. The practice of wearing the phylacteries at stated moments is still regarded as a sacred religious duty by the orthodox Jews.
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Tefillin - Phylacteries. Jewish Ritual Clothing. Jewish Prayer. ... they make broad their phylacteries" (Matthew 23:5). This passage, hostile to the Pharisees, uses the Greek word, from which the English is derived, meaning "things which guard"; in other words, the tefillin are a kind of amulet to offer protection against...
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The boxes of the phylacteries must be exactly square made from the hide of a kasher animal, and both the boxes and the straps which hold them firm must be painted black. The head phylactery is imprinted twice with the Hebrew letter shin: once on the side which is to the left of the wearer, and once on the opposite side.
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The Biblical commandment which the Rabbis interpret to refer to Tefillin (Phylacteries) is taken by the Karaites as a metaphor which emphasizes the importance of remembering and cherishing the Torah. ... For more information on the Karaite interpretation of Tefillin read Meir Rekhavi's article on Phylacteries...
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[fĭ-lăḱtə-rē]
