Yeshivish glossary term
batim
בתים
Meaning
- tefillin boxes or housings
- leather compartments of tefillin
Alternate spellings
tefillin batim
Usage and context
Literally houses; in tefillin context, the black leather box structures.
- Category
- tefillin
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
The batim need to stay square.
Plain-English example
The tefillin boxes need to retain their required square form.