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Knowledge Base » Torah, The » Mitzvah; Mitzvot » Tefillin
Tefillin: (lit. "phylacteries"); small black leather cubes containing parchment scrolls inscribed with the Shema and other biblical passages, wrapped on the arm and head of adult men during weekday morning prayers |
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Tefillin
Binding mind, heart and deed
The Mitzvah that binds our minds with our hearts and deeds, and allows a daily reunification within ourselves and with G-d. Tefillin: the what, the why, and the how-to.
Jewish Practice » Tefillin
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Tefillin
Black Leather
You connect your head, your heart and your hand with these leather cables. And then when you go out to meet the world, all your actions find harmony in a single coordinated purpose...
Jewish Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Daily » Tefillin
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Tefillin: Skin of the Imagination
By Rebbe Nachman of Breslev
Tefilin teach us that true faith is having a picture that corresponds with the essential truth.
Kabbalah Online » Everyday Life » Mitzvah Observance » Tefillin: Skin of the Imagination
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Wrapping the Mind and Heart
Tefillin
By Tzvi Freeman
An enigma among human rituals: Black leather boxes containing parchment scrolls inscribed in meticulous accordance to the criterion of an ageless scribal art. Not to be read, but to be worn...
Jewish Practice » Ten Mitzvahs » Readings » Wrapping the Mind and Heart
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Tefillin Explained
A brief treatise on the significance of this important Mitzvah, including some basic laws, prayers and diagrams
By Alexander Cowen
In addition to a discussion of the profound effect tefillin have upon the mind and heart, this booklet also includes practical laws, detailed photographs, translations and transliterations of the appropriate blessings, plus the Shema prayer.
Jewish Practice » Tefillin » Advanced » Tefillin Explained
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Power Tefillin
By Tzvi Freeman
Last night, you charged your cell phone, your laptop, your ebook reader, your video camera, your hand vacuum, your power drill and your cell phone bluetooth earpiece. Now it's time to charge your Jewish soul--with Tefillin!
Video » Kabbala Toons » Kabbalistic Sports » Power Tefillin
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Tefillin
The Mitzvah that binds our minds with our hearts and deeds, and allows a daily reunification within ourselves and with G-d.
Audio Classes » Jewish Practice » Tefillin
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A Million Little Cables
By Tuvia Bolton
"This was all good and well," explained the old navy diver, "when the ship had been under for a month or so. After that it would begin to rust and the hooks would bring up only huge chunks of iron, leaving the rest of the ship behind"
Library » Stories » Fables & Parables » A Million Little Cables
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A Jew in a Jeep
By Tuvia Bolton
"Tell me, Rabbi," he called out anxiously, "if... if I put on tefillin, will G-d protect me?"
Library » Stories » Chassidic » A Jew in a Jeep
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Reb Yankle
By Shmuel Marcus
I suppose every twenty-year-old should have an eighty-eight-year-old friend
Lifecycles » Death & Mourning » Library » Stories » Reb Yankle
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