tefillin
/təˈfɪlɪn/
noun
- Small black leather boxes containing scrolls of Torah verses, worn by Jewish men during morning prayer as a religious observance.
- Every morning, he puts on tefillin before reciting his prayers.
- The rabbi explained the significance of the tefillin to the students.
- She watched her father carefully wrap the tefillin straps around his arm.
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