Tefillin
tefillin (phylacteries) are two boxes (or houses, containers) made of leather with pieces of parchment that men from the age of thirteen, cover the head and the left arm (right for lefties) for the morning service on weekdays and in accordance with the instructions of the Torah :
"That which I command you this day are etched in your heart and you shall teach them diligently unto thy children, shalt talk constantly, in your home or while traveling, you sleeping and you wake up. Tie them as a sign upon thine hand, and carry them as frontlets between thine eyes. "( Deuteronomy 6:4-9) The Hebrew phonetics is the schematic:
Shema Israel Ado-nai elo-Ado-nai hnou Ehad
Ado-nai Veahavta ett hekha Elo, bekhol levavekha,
or bekhol nafchekha or bekhol modekha
Vehayou hadevarim ha'ele
asher Anokhi metsavekha hayom al levavekha
Vechinantam levanekha, vedibarta bam,
bechivtekha beveithekha ouv'lekhtekha baderekh,
ou'bchokh'bekha ouv'koumekha
Oukchartam le'ot yadekha al,
vehayou letotafot bein einekha
Oukhtavtam al mezuzot beithekha ouvicharekha
It is a mitzvah , a commandment for men Jews to wear them every day (except Shabbat and holidays), from the Bar Mitzvah. We are used to get used to the young man a month before that date. Originally tefillin were worn throughout the day. The Torah does not describe the tefillin and do not give instructions on their manufacture, the details were specified by the rabbis in the Talmud (Menahot, 34a-37b)
The tefilah (not to be confused with the term homonym which means prayer ) arm contains a single parchment on which a scribe wrote the four songs that evoke the Torah mitzvah. Tefilah The head contains four scrolls (one for each of the quotations), placed in four separate compartments. Two views exist as to the order of integration of these four scrolls, that of Rashi and her grand-son Rabbeinu Tam : their focus is in the comments to the Treaty of Mena'hot the Talmud. The Halacha requires to wear tefillin of Rashi, and suggests that more meticulous you also wear those Rabbeinu Tam. There are other opinions such as tefillin Shimousha Rabba but the previous two are the main ones.
Here's how to put them (no word should be pronounced during installation and any downtime must be observed):
- We take the tefilah arm that we put on muscle internal left arm facing the heart. It then recites the blessing ending "put on tefillin." It surrounds 7 times around the arm, the first passage is only a half-turn (making sure the strap either side of the black paint).
- Then, after "stuck" the strap around the palm, take the tefilah head and placing it, taking care that the bottom of the case or on the hair and not on the front and directly above the eyes. The strap around the head and attaches a node to be located at the rear and center of the head and not on the neck (the tefilah head rests only on the skull). Recite the blessing by keeping to the laying of tefillin.
- It "loosens" the strap around the palm and once on the palm and then roll it up this way around the key: once on the lower phalanx and twice on the top joint, and it continues to wrap around the palm.
- After the service is removed in reverse order of their poses on tefillin.
Meanings deep
Consistency:
Man was created with multiple dimensions must strive constantly to cultivate in him consistency. The basic elements that make up the man and articulate their attitudes and actions are his thoughts, his feelings (or emotional), and actions. When the man wants to act, he envisions a project in his mind, then it is shaped by the desire that the man feels to realize, finally, the man puts it into practice.
Depending on the design of Judaism, these three elements are inseparable, or at least aim to become one. In other words, what is thought to be felt and then put into practice. If there is no concrete realization of its good intentions, the goal is not reached. Similarly, what should not be put into practice (because of immorality or dishonesty, for example) should not be considered or content at its heart.
It is in this sense that the tefillin laid on both the head (the seat of thought), directed towards the heart (seat of emotions) and placed on the arm (ticker symbol concrete) is a call to coherence of all the forces that make the man.
External Links
- laws and customs on laying Tefillin on the site Torat Emet 's Rabbi Zecharia Zermati.
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