tefillin
Sign in to saveTefillin ( or ; ), 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.
Key facts
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- A set of tefillin includes the arm-tefillah (left) and the head-tefillah
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- Menachot 3:7
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- Tefillin, Mezuzah, veSefer Torah ch 5-6
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- Orach Chayim 25-48
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17 sectionsContents
- Biblical source
- Etymology
- Purpose
- Manufacture and contents
- Boxes
- Straps
- Parchment scrolls
- Ordering of scrolls (Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam tefillin)
- Obligation and gender
- Use
- Chol HaMoed
- Laws and customs regarding putting on tefillin
- Biblical commandments
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Tefillin ( or ; ), 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.
In Orthodox and traditional Conservative Jewish (including Masorti) communities, they are worn solely by men; some Reform and Conservative communities allow Jewish adults to don tefillin regardless of gender. In Jewish law (Halakha), women are exempt from most time-dependent positive commandments (including the wearing of tefillin). Unlike other time-dependent positive commandments, most halakhic authorities rule that female Jews need not fulfill this commandment.