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Tefillin (phylacteries). These have their source in Deuteronomy ch.6 and are worn during the morning prayers. Their purpose is to symbolically bind us to God and to remind us of the Exodus and the Torah (as is implicit in Exodus ch.13).

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It's called tefillin. It has 2 boxes - one for the forehead and one for the biceps.

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They are called tefillin (phylacteries) and are worn during morning services on weekdays, in keeping with the verse in Deuteronomy ch.6. Inside are parchment scrolls with Torah-verses.

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T'fillin

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