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| Picture No | 12152057 |
| Date | 1797 |
| Description | Phylacteries and Mezuzah |
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Phylacteries and mezuzoth (mezuzah). Phylactery, more commonly known as Tefillin is a small leather box containing scrolls of parchetment with Hebrew texts insribed on them, often worn by adult Jewish men at weekday morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law. Mezuzah (plural mezuzoth) is a parchment inscribed with religious texts that is attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house as a sign of faith.
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| Source | Unattributed Engraving |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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