Tefillin

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Tefillin (Hebrew: תְּפִלִּין or תְּפִילִּין; Ashkenazi and Modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation: [tfiˈlin]), or phylacteries, are sets of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are traditionally worn by male adult Jews during Shacharit on weekdays. In Orthodox and traditional Conservative Jewish (including Masorti) communities, they are worn solely by men; some Reform and Conservative communities allow Jewish adults to don tefillin regardless of gender. In Jewish law (Halakha), women are exempt from most time-dependent positive commandments (including the wearing of tefillin). Unlike as with other time-dependent positive commandments, most halakhic authorities rule that female Jews need not fulfill this commandment. "Tefillin" is the plural form of "tefillah" (תְּפִלָּה) but oftentimes used as a singular collective noun. The arm tefillah (שֶׁל יָד, shel yad, 'of [the] hand') is placed on the upper (non...

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