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Yeshivish glossary term

ribua

ריבוע

Meaning

  • squareness
  • required square form of tefillin components

Alternate spellings

ribbuah

Usage and context

Tefillin have detailed squareness requirements; practical measurements belong to sofrus expertise.

Category
tefillin
Language origin
Hebrew

Example in Yeshivish

Do you have the ribua?

Plain-English example

Do you have the squareness?