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tefillin
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te·fil·lin  (t-fln, -f-ln)
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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Noun1.tefillin - (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin)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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On this occasion, too, it is traditional for the young man''s grandfather to give him his first set of tefilin.
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Rabbi Barkan also dons his tallit (prayer shawl) and tefilin (the leather straps that hold the box containing a Hebrew prayer to the forehead) and chants a prayer in Hebrew--while a blue-robed statue of Mary stands watch over the class from a corner.
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