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What are talleisim and tefillin?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Talleisim (plural) are white prayer shawls worn in the morning prayer services. Tefillin (phylacteries) are small leather boxes worn during morning services in accordance with the verse in Deuteronomy ch.6. They contain parchments with Torah-verses.

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