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I had some problems, why did my rabbi say to check my tefillin?

by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

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While it is true that Tefillin are worn as a Mitzvah and not as amulets, it is an accepted belief, explained in the Kabbalah, that the tefillin a person wears has an effect on his life and his family’s. Finely written scrolls inside tefillin made with care are channels for blessing and all good things.

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Mitzvah

(pl. Mitzvot). A commandment from G-d. Mitzvah also means a connection, for a Jew connects with G–d through fulfilling His commandments.

Tefillin

Black leather boxes containing small scrolls with passages of the Bible written on them. Every day, aside for Sabbath and Jewish holidays, the adult Jewish male is required to wrap the Tefillin--by means of black leather straps--around the weaker arm and atop the forehead.

Kabbalah

Jewish mysticism. The word Kaballah means "reception," for we cannot physically perceive the Divine, we merely study the mystical truths which were transmitted to us by G-d Himself through His righteous servants.

I had some problems, why did my rabbi say to check my tefillin?

by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

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