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
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
Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish sect characterized by the recognition of the written Tanakh alone as its supreme authority in halakha and theology, and rejection of Rabbinic authority or tradit
Tefillin
…some form of physical tefillin, as shown by archaeological finds at Qumran and a reference made in Matthew 23 of the Christian New Testament. However, Karaite Judaism understands the biblical commandment to be metaphorical. The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah: twice when recalling The…
Karaite synagogue in Jerusalem
The Karaite Synagogue [he] in the Old City of Jerusalem
Karaim synagogue in Trakai
Eupatorian Kenassas of Crimean Karaites