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Positive Commandment #79 of 613
Wear tefillin (phylacteries) on the head
Commandment #79 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 6:8, classified under Signs and Symbols in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.”
— Deuteronomy 6:8
Hebrew
ח וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת, עַל-יָדֶךָ; וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת, בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
8 καὶ ἀφάψεις αὐτὰ εἰς σημεῖον ἐπὶ τῆς χειρός σου, καὶ ἔσται ἀσάλευτον πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Signs and Symbols
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 6
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Vaet Chanan
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #422
- Mishneh Torah
- LoveTefillin, Mezuzah, and Torah Scroll
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