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phylactery
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phy·lac·ter·y
/ fīˈlaktərē/
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n.
(pl. -ter·ies)
a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.
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ON LANGUAGE; You Say 'Phylacteries,' I Say 'Tefillin'
Newspaper article from: Forward; 2/17/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...was waking up and seeing him praying, wearing phylacteries.' "'Phylacteries' I take to be a word of Greek origin. Whatever...to deal here with the Greek derivation of "phylacteries," a subject to which I devoted a column last...
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Practicing 'Tefillin' the blanks: World Wide Wrap teaches congregants how to put on phylacteries.
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 1/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Wrap teaches congregants how to put on phylacteries "And you shall love the Lord your...congregants how to lay tefillin (put on phylacteries). Called The World Wide Wrap, this...clear instructions on how to put on phylacteries. It is produced in two versions...
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ON LANGUAGE; Dating Tefillin
Newspaper article from: Forward; 9/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...inquiry about the word "phylacteries," the English term for...included a definition of phylactery as 'amulet,' which suggests...that no word translated as 'phylacteries' occurs in the Hebrew Bible...because 'they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes...
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Tefillin and Acupuncture: The Magic Touch?
Newspaper article from: Forward; 12/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Manhattan street. He donned his phylacteries and, as he did so, demonstrated...when wrapped correctly the phylacteries' straps should hit "Heart...where the knot of the head phylactery hits, corresponds to acupuncture...Jewish ritual of donning phylacteries only relatively recently...
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SCITUATE'S CASEY DIENEL DRIFTS BACK TO SHORE, WITH HELP
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 6/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...official White Hinterland album, "Phylactery Factory," was recently released on...Plain. When it came time to record "Phylactery" toward the end of 2007, Dienel decamped...and I was 19 years old. I think 'Phylactery Factory' sounds much closer to what...
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Denunciation of the Scribes & Pharisees.(Opinion)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 3/10/2009; 619 words
; ...works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places...hypocrisy that move the Pharisees to widen their phylacteries. Phylacteries are little boxes containing Scripture texts which...
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In from the Cold with White Hinterland
Transcript from: NPR The Bryant Park Project; 2/12/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...talks about her new record, called "Phylactery Factory," which turns out to be personal...see if I could say your name right, "Phylactery Factory?" Ms. DIENEL: Yes. STEWART...Hinterland. And your new album is called "Phylactery Factory." And I'm going to spell...
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Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees; Matthew 23:1-12.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/22/2003; 607 words
; ...performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love...of this. First, they broaden their phylacteries, the little boxes which contain parchments...display their piety by making their phylacteries bigger and more elaborate than what...
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Multilingual translation on the screen
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/8/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...compatible. Eich Osim Tefillin? (How Are Phylacteries Made?), a CD-ROM in Hebrew, by...Rating: HHHH1/2 Looking at a pair of phylacteries - small black boxes with straps - one...piece of edutainment, which shows how phylacteries are made. The well-designed CD...
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Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees.(Reflections Today)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/23/2008; 671 words
; ...performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love...example, some of them widened their phylacteries (v. 5) - those little boxes containing...except for those who widened their phylacteries in order that everyone would see them...
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phylacteries
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
phylacteries Small leather cases, mentioned in the Law (Exod. 13: 9; Deut...were alleged to make a display of exaggerated piety by making their phylacteries more conspicuous than was necessary (Matt. 23: 5).
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phylactery
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
phylactery small box containing four texts of Scripture worn by Jews as a reminder of the obligation to keep the law. XIV; in various uses...
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Phylacteries
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Phylacteries (containers for Jewish commands): see TEFILLIN .
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tallit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...worn by males during the morning prayers. It is donned before putting on the phylacteries , except on Yom Kippur when it is worn all through the day (phylacteries are not worn on this day). The tallit is usually made of white wool, cotton...
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tephillin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tephillin see phylacteries .
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