Definition of "tefillin" [tefillin]

• Judaism The phylacteries. (noun-plural)

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• "The wearing of the tefillin is obligatory on all males over thirteen years of age (the age of confirmation)."
• "The secular Zionists who wouldn’t know tefillin from a Mezuzah?"
• "The case refers to tefillin, which is a time-bound commandment because tefillin according to most rabbinic sages are not worn at night, on the Sabbath or festivals and women are exempt because of the law concerning Talmud Torah which is obligatory for men on the basis of Deuteronomy 11: 19, “Teach them to beneikhem …” where beneikhem is understood to include “your sons” and exclude “your daughters” (JT Berakhot 3: 3, 4c)."