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[edit]tefilla (countable and uncountable, plural tefillot or tefilloth or tefillos or tefillin)
- (countable, often in the plural) The Jewish phylactery, consisting of small boxes containing portions of the Torah worn most commonly during prayer by Jewish men and some Jewish women.
- Synonym: phylactery
- (Judaism, countable, uncountable) prayer.
- 2000 August 31, [email protected], “MIDEI SHABBOS by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler - Shoftim”, in alt.religion.judaism.orthodox[1] (Usenet):
- Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.
Derived terms
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[edit]phylactery — see also phylactery
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[edit]Jewish prayer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
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[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew תְּפִלָּה.
Pronunciation
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[edit]tefilla f (plural tefillot)
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