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What is the Jewish leather boxes containing holy parchments called?
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What is the box called Jews place on their head?
Tefillin (Jewish name) or Phylacteries (Greek name). These boxes contain parchments with Torah-verses written on them and are worn by Jewish men during the morning prayer. See Deuteronomy ch.6.
What is the name of what Jewish people wear around their forehead?
it is called phylacteries( Tefillin in Hebrew) it is made of leather and in it there are chapters from the bible
Where is the leather on your dog?
The ear flaps are called 'leather'.
Where is leather tanned?
Leather is tanned in a factory called a tannery.
What is a place where leather is tanned called?
Leather is tanned in a Tannery.
Is there such as fake leather?
Yes, it is called pleather. like leather... but with a P!
Why are leather back sea turtles called leather back sea turtles?
because of there leather shell
What do you call leather of a cow with hair?
Leather of a cow with hair is called hair-on. The names for the leather generally relates to the process the leather is tanned.
What kind of soft leather comes from goat skin?
Goat leather is sometimes called Morocco leather, but in more recent time hides from other animals has come to be called Morocco leather. So, real leather made from goats is just called goatskin leather. Chamois are made from goatskins, but they are also made from the skin of sheep or chamois
Is it legal to have man made leather identified as leather?
No. Nothing can be called leather that is not made from the tanned hides of animals.
What do you call someone who makes leather?
A person who makes leather is called a Tanner.
Is the Torah what Jews wrapped around their hands in the old testament?
No, the wrapping around the hands is called 'tefillin'. Tefillin (תפילין in Hebrew) are called phylacteries in English. They are two small leather boxes, each containing four passages from the Hebrew Scriptures on parchment; traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during weekday morning prayer, as commanded by the Torah (Deuteronomy 6). The tefilin symbolize that God is always watching.
