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Tefillin

Tefillin (Hebrew: תְּפִלִּין or תְּפִילִּין; Ashkenazi and Modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation: ), or phylacteries, are sets of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are traditionally worn by male adult Jews during Shacharit on weekdays.

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Babylonian Talmud:
Zevachim 37b · Sanhedrin 4b · Menachot 34b · Kiddushin 36a
Mishnah:
Menachot 3:7
Mishneh Torah:
Tefillin, Mezuzah, veSefer Torah ch 5-6
Shulchan Aruch:
Orach Chayim 25-48[link removed]
Torah:
Exodus 13:9 · Exodus 13:16 · Deuteronomy 6:8 · Deuteronomy 11:18

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related to Further reading · 29
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related to Chol HaMoed · 28
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related to Etymology · 20
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related to Purpose · 19
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related to Parchment scrolls · 18
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related to Laws and customs regarding putting on tefillin · 16
Tefillin → All, An Ashkenazi, Ari, Baruch Shem Kovod, Chabad, Halacha, Italian Jews, Many Ashkenazim, Nusach Sephard Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Shulchan Aruch, Some, Standard Ashkenazi, The, The Sephardic, Vilna Gaon
related to Obligation and gender · 15
Tefillin → Coucy, Israel, It, Jewish, Jews, Land, Maimonides, Moses, Rav Sheshet, Rema, Roman, Since, Spain, The, The Talmud
related to External links · 12
Tefillin → Archived, Ashkenazi, Enhance, Guide, Halachic, PDF, Putting, Sephardic, TefillinOne, Vaad Meleches HaKodesh, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineIllustrations
related to Use · 12
Tefillin → Ashkenazim, Kabbalah, Mincha, Nowadays, Observant Jews, On, Other Sephardim, Sephardim, Shabbat, Shacharit, Sometimes, Tisha B'Av
related to Boxes · 7
Tefillin → At, Below, In, Nowadays, Talmudic, The, They

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TefillinBabylonian Talmud:Sanhedrin 4b1.00infobox
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TefillinBabylonian Talmud:Kiddushin 36a1.00infobox
TefillinMishnah:Menachot 3:71.00infobox
TefillinMishneh Torah:Tefillin, Mezuzah, veSefer Torah ch 5-61.00infobox
TefillinShulchan Aruch:Orach Chayim 25-48[link removed]1.00infobox
TefillinTorah:Exodus 13:91.00infobox
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TefillinTorah:Deuteronomy 6:81.00infobox
TefillinTorah:Deuteronomy 11:181.00infobox
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