Jastrow: תְּפִלִּין

תְּפִלִּין, תְּפִי׳ h. (adapt. from Ch.) same. Men. 35ᵃ ת׳ מרובעות הלכה וכ׳ that the capsules of the T’fillin must be quadrangular is a Mosaic tradition; Meg. 24ᵇ. Ber. 6ᵃ מנין שהקב"ה מניח ת׳ whence do you learn that the Lord puts T’fillin on? (Answ. ref. to Is. LXII, 8) ובזרוע עזו אלו ת׳ ‘and by his arm of strength’, that is the T’fillin; ומנין שהת׳ עוז וכ׳ and whence do you learn that the T’fillin are ‘strength to Israel’? (Answ. ref. to Deut. XXVIII, 10) וראו … אלו ת׳ שבראש ‘and all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is called upon thee, and fear thee’, this refers to the T’fillin on the head; a. v. fr.—Sing. תְּפִלָּה, תְּפִי׳. Men. IV, 1 ת׳ של יד אינה וכ׳ the T’fillah on the arm does not interfere with that on the head (v. עָכַב). Meg. IV, 8 (24ᵇ) העושה תְּפִלָּתוֹ עגולה וכ׳ he who makes the capsule of his T’fillah round exposes himself to danger (v. comment.) without fulfilling the law. Kel. XVIII, 8 ת׳ ארבעה כלים the T’fillah (of the head) is considered as consisting of four articles (with regard to levitical cleanness); a. e.