Matthew 23
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Matthew 23 is the twenty-third chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible, and consists almost entirely of the accusations of Jesus against the Pharisees and
Gospel of Matthew 23:30-34 on Papyrus 77, from c. AD 200
Tefillin
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Tefillin, or phylacteries, are sets of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are traditionally worn by male adult
Matthew 23
…guard against ritual impurity, and the practice of reburying bones in ossuaries. Arthur Carr notes that "Jesus does not prohibit the practice of wearing phylacteries, but the ostentatious enlargement of them". He also observes that "it is thought by many that our Saviour Himself wore phylacteries". Their use is…
A set of tefillin includes the arm-tefillah (left) and the head-tefillah
Man wearing arm- and head-tefillin at the Western Wall in 2009
Ashkenazi head tefillin, Jerusalem, Israel
Leather moulded into shape for the head-tefillin