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pl.n. Judaism

The phylacteries.

[Hebrew tpillîn, pl. of tpillâ, prayer, from Hebrew hitpalll, to pray; see pll in Semitic roots.]

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tefillin - (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

phylactery

Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud

reminder - a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders"

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Judaism phylactery reminder			With the help of the annual World Wide Wrap, (21) and ever-growing number of Conservative Jews are returning to the daily practice of donning t'fillin, the blackened prayer boxes misguidedly called "phylacteries" in English. Touching the infinite through liturgy by Levine, Joseph A. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought Even more astounding, God dons t'fillin as do His people. Theological Impressionism by WETTSTEIN, HOWARD / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought But, donning Tallit and T'fillin for a cover story in Reform Judaism magazine (Winter 1998, Vol. Reforming Reform Judaism by WOLF, ARNOLD JACOB / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought			Szent-Györgyi Szigeti Szilard Szilard Leo Szold Szolnok Szombathely Szymanowski Szymborska T T & G T bandage T cart T cell T connection t distribution T formation T hinge T iron T lymphocyte T rail T square T'ai Chi t'ai chi ch'uan t'ai chi chuan T'fillin T'ien-ching T'other T- T-ball T-bar T-bar lift T-bill T-bone T-bone steak T-cell T-day T-girder T-group T-helper cell T-joint T-junction T-lymphocyte T-man T-maze T-network T-number T-piece T-plate t-RNA t-scope			T'ai-tsung T'ai-yuan T'ai-yuan T'ai-yüan T'ai-yüan T'aichung T'aichung T'aipei T'aipei T'aiwan T'aiwan T'ang T'ang T'ang China T'ang China T'ang Dynasty T'ang Dynasty T'ao Ch'ien T'ao Hung-ching T'ao Yüan-ming T'ao-yuan T'ao-yüan T'ao-yuan County T'ao-yüan County T'ao-yuan Hsien T'ao-yüan Hsien T'aoyüan T'bilisi T'bilisi T'es Occupé? T'fillin T'ien T'ien Shan T'ien Shan T'ien-chin T'ien-chin T'ien-ching T'ien-ching T'ien-t'ai T'ien-tsin T'ien-tsin t'ing T'oegye t'other t's t's t's t's t's and procedures t's and procedures t's and procedures t's and procedures t's bleuâtres t's bleuâtres t's of the tarsus t's of the tarsus t's of the tarsus T'storm T'storm t'u-ti T'ui na

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