Kosher Tefillin

Tefillin are biblical in origin, and are commanded within the context of several laws outlining a Jew's relationship to God. "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a frontlet between your eyes" (Deuteronomy 6:5-8).


Aharon's Jewish Books and Judaica

600 South Holly Street Suite 103

Denver, Colorado 80246

303-322-7345

Putting on Tefillin

Aharon's Jewish Books and Judaica
600 South Holly Street Suite 103
Denver, Colorado
303-322-7345
800-830-8660

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Aharon's also is Denver Only Kosher Cafe severing Kosher Coffee and Tea.

Tefillin

Tefillin (Hebrew: תפלין), also called phylacteries, are two boxes containing Biblical verses and the leather straps attached to them which are used in traditional Jewish prayer. They are an essential part of morning prayer services, and are worn on a daily basis (except the Sabbath and festivals) by religious Jewish men above the age of 13 years, and by Jewish law, is not worn by Jewish women. In this article the term “to lay tefillin” (from Yiddish tefillen leygen) will be used throughout but it is still correct to use "wear".

Tefillin stems from the traditional interpretation of passages found in the Torah (five books of Moses), in Deuteronomy 6:8, 11:18; Exodus 13:9, 16. Tefillin are described extensively in the Rabbinical literature including the Mishnah and the Talmud (see Menahoth 34b; Zevahim 37b; Sanhedrin 4b).