Thoughts on being Jewish: A Repeat of My Nov. 4th Post About Teffilin: For US Airways Attendants

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

A Repeat of My Nov. 4th Post About Teffilin: For US Airways Attendants

Phylacteries (Teffilin) and Chinese Medicine From Wikipedia: Tefillin, ( Hebrew: תפילין ‎), also called phylacteries, are a pair of cubic leather boxes painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Bible, with leather straps dyed black on one side, and worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. The hand-tefillin, or shel yad, is placed on the upper arm, and the strap wrapped around the arm, hand and fingers; while the head-tefillin, or shel rosh, is... Sign in to see full entry.

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