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1. What’s in the Tefillin?


There are many laws and requirements regarding the making of tefillin, and it takes many years of training to qualify the scribes and craftsmen who make them. What follows is a basic description.

A set includes two tefillin—one for the head and one for the arm. Each consists of three main components: the scrolls, the box, and the strap.
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Making Tefillin
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 1. What’s in the Tefillin?
Expand 2. The Scrolls
 2. The Scrolls
3. The Boxes
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 4. The Straps



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