Avner, Omri, Yahav and I at the Western Wall today
Phylacteries, Tzitzit… Today At The Wailing Wall
Exod. 13:9
“And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes so that the Tora of YHWH may be in your mouth because with a strong hand YHWH brought you out of Egypt.”
Exod. 13:16
“And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as frontlets between your eyes because with a strong hand YHWH brought us out of Egypt.”
Deut. 6:8
“And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”
Deut. 11:18
“And you shall place these words upon your hearts and upon your souls and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hands and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”
(Note: Exod. 13:9 has zikkaron, “memorial”, instead of “frontlets”.)
Thus both the head and hand phylacteries contain four passages from Scripture which include these verses: Exod. 13:1-10, 11-16; Deut. 6:4- 9; 11:13-21
We are commanded to wear them. Why? and is the commandment to wear them applicable today? What can it teach us today? In coming lessons and blogs.