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Positive Commandment #80 of 613

Bind tefillin on the arm

Commandment #80a 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

וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל־יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ ἀφάψεις αὐτὰ εἰς σημεῖον ἐπὶ τῆς χειρός σου καὶ ἔσται ἀσάλευτον πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
6

Scholarly References

Parashah
Vaet Chanan
Sefer HaChinuch
#421
Mishneh Torah
LoveTefillin, Mezuzah, and Torah Scroll

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