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phylacteries (fĭlăk`tərēz) [Gr.,=safeguard], two small leather boxes worn during morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jews after the age of 13 years and one day. Each box contains strips of parchment inscribed with verses from the Scriptures: Ex. 13.1–10; 13.11–16; Deut. 6.4–9; 11.13–21. One box is fastened to the forehead and the other to the left arm; they are intended to serve as a reminder of the constant presence of God and of the need to keep Him uppermost in one's thoughts and deeds, thereby safeguarding the wearer against committing a sin. They are not worn on the Sabbath or holy days, since these days are in themselves a reminder of God. Phylacteries are also called tephillin [Aramaic,=attachment].
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No references found | Singer's novel The Brothers Ashkenazi about a rabbi's son who becomes a disciple of "the prophet Marx" and who, as Singer puts it, "never let his copy of Das Kapital out of his sight and carried it everywhere, as his father had carried his prayer shawl and phylacteries. The report said that the soldiers, whose orders are to respond with live fire when petrol-bombed by Palestinians, did not shoot when they saw that the attackers sported phylacteries which are worn by pious Jews. The report said that the soldiers, whose orders are to respond with live fire when petrol-bombed by Palestinians, did not shoot when they saw that the attackers sported phylacteries which are worn by pious Jews. |
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