Phylactery
Tefillin
Sacred Object
48-29-87B
From: Egypt
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 48-29-87B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jewish |
| Provenience | Egypt |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Wood |
| Description | (Phylactery) Leather cases, square, each with strap, containing (a, for the head) four sections from the Torah, and (b, for the left hand) four sections on one strip; written in Hebrew on parchment strips: Deut. 6:4-9; 11:13-21; Ek. 13:1-10; 13:11-16. Used at certain Morning Services (but not by Reform Jews). Regarded as protection against sin (called Tefillin in Hebrew). |
| Length | 8 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948 |
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