How to Use tefillin in a Sentence
tefillin
noun-
One of the guys put tefillin on at the Kotel for the first time.
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Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, an employee may keep rosary beads or tefillin on her desk.
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Brieanna J. Frank,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
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The temple’s Men’s Club hosted the event, where students wrapped tefillin before performing their own rap and then enjoying wraps for lunch.
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Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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For Mark Rotenstein, that meant laying tefillin, placing one black leather box containing Hebrew parchment scrolls on his arm and another on his head and wrapping the attached strap around his arm as a way to channel his prayers to God.
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Sara James,
NBC news,
15 Dec. 2025
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Ariel was referring to the Jewish ritual where men — often Orthodox or Conservative — will bind black leather boxes, or tefillin, containing certain passages of the Torah on to their bodies.
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Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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