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The Jewish Tefillin Explained | Holy Cribs

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  1. These are tefillin sometimes called phylacteries, which are small black leather boxes on leather straps.
  2. Kosher leather, of course. Inside these boxes, there are little scrolls containing words
  3. from the books of Deuteronomy and Exodus, written in Hebrew. Some Jews wear these on their arm and head
  4. when they pray at home in the morning. There are different ways to put them on,
  5. but this is how I do it. The first tefillin, with just one strap,
  6. traditionally goes on my left arm, so it's close to my heart. Some Jews say that you can use your weaker arm.
  7. So it's the left if your right handed, or the right if your left handed. I roll up my sleeve so I can wear that to fill in against my skin
  8. and place the box on my bicep. So it's about halfway down my upper arm and level with my heart.
  9. Then I say a blessing and wrap the strap three times around my upper arm. And then seven times around my forearm,
  10. then a few more times around my hand so I can hold it. The head tefillin - the one with two straps
  11. is placed just above my hairline, front and center. And the straps go behind my head.
  12. So the knot is just above the base of my skull. Now I can finish off tying the strap on my arm by wrapping it
  13. three times around my middle finger. The rest I can just wrap around my hand so it doesn't flap all over the place.
  14. The strap should be just tight enough that I can feel my pulse, but not too tight.
  15. This all goes back to a verse in the book of Deuteronomy, in which God says that his words are to be on your heart.
  16. Tie them on your hand as a sign. Put them at the front of a headband around your forehead.
  17. So many Jews do just that, while they pray to remind themselves of the importance of God's words in the Torah.
  18. In more orthodox communities, this is only done by men and boys;
  19. But in Reform Judaism, women can use them too. Although actually Reform Jews are less likely to use them when they pray.
  20. This is to symbolize that I worship God with my head and my heart, with all of me, my brains, my feelings and my actions.

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