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Noun: tefillin  tu'fi-lin
  1. (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
    - phylactery

Type of: reminder

Encyclopedia: Tefillin