Yeshivish glossary term
tefillin
תפילין
Meaning
- pair of black leather boxes containing Torah passages worn for weekday prayer
- phylacteries
Alternate spellings
tefilin
Usage and context
The mitzvah uses one tefillin on the arm and one on the head.
- Category
- tefillin
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
Did you bring your tefillin?
Plain-English example
Did you bring the ritual leather boxes worn for weekday prayer?