tefilla

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tefilla

/təˈfɪlə/

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Borrowed from Hebrew תפילה.

noun tefillin · tefillos · tefillot · tefilloth · tefillah

Judaism, countable, in plural, often Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”).
Similar: phylactery
Judaism, uncountable Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer. Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.

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noun synonym of phylactery (cognates) — see also phylactery

Português	tefilin
Deutsch	Tefillin
Italiano	tefillin
Ελληνικά	τεφιλίν tefilín
Русский	тфили́н tfilín
עברית	תפילין tfilín

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@misc{tefilla_2026,
  title = {tefilla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tefilla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}