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• n  (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

• The tefillintwo small leather boxes containing scriptures similar to those in the mezuzah and wound on with leather thongsare a sign that the wearer subjugates his heart .
• On the eve of Tisha b'Av, he goes supperless to schul (synagogue), takes off his shoes, puts on his tefillin (phylacteriesleather arm bands used in prayer) and tkalis (prayer .
• The tefillin ritual attracts many to the mobiles.

• phylactery

News & Articles

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• Ramaz Would Also Allow Girls To Use Tefillin — Joins SAR
  Ramaz, a Modern Orthodox school in Manhattan, has joined SAR in agreeing to allow girls to pray with tefillin, although the school’s principal reportedly says no students are currently doing so. Click here for the rest of the article...
  Jan. 21, 2014 - The Forward
• Modern Orthodox High School in New York Allows Girls to Wear Tefillin
  SAR High School, a Modern Orthodox institution in Riverdale, New York, has allowed girls to wrap tefillin — a ritual that is gaining acceptance for women. Click here for the rest of the article...
  Jan. 20, 2014 - The Forward

Quotes

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• Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  In his weekly sermon Saturday night, Yosef said, "Is it a wonder that soldiers who don't observe the Torah, don't pray every day and don't put on tefillin every day are killed in war? It is no wonder."
• Daniel Sieradski in Ha'aretz
  But the kid had just a couple scratches on him - it was a complete miracle. And his brother's in the next room, same thing. Everything was damaged, except some tefillin, which wasn't touched. It gives me chills to think about it. In the living... Jon Voight http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Voight&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF-_l7VedV7uAYdfddvXIhqD1veIw Jerusalem Post http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite%3Fcid%3D1210668659495%26pagename%3DJPost%252FJPArticle%252FShowFull&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHxuhzxU3OjRcYKKOAC36WvsFWjnw May 17, 2008 98682 130853 tefillin I'm Sabbath-observant and I keep kosher, I put on tefillin and study Gemara," said Sieradski. "And as soon as I try to respect people's humanity, they immediately treat me like the enemy of the Jewish people."