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hanachas tefillin

hanachas tefillin noun: a ceremony at which a child first wears tefillin, typically held a short time before the bar mitzvah.

Noun

hanachas tefillin (uncountable)

  1. A ceremony at which a child first wears tefillin, typically held a short time before the bar mitzvah.
    • Originally, Yemenite Jews had no Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all, while Sefardic and Oriental Jews had a Hanaḥat Tefillin ceremony at age 11 or 12.2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 57

Forms of hanachas tefillin

alternative formhanachat tefillin
alternative formhanachos tefillin
alternative formhanaḥat tefillin

Origin of hanachas tefillin

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲנָחַת תְּפִלִּין (“putting on of tefillin”).

Questions about hanachas tefillin

What does hanachas tefillin mean?
Hanachas tefillin means a ceremony at which a child first wears tefillin, typically held a short time before the bar mitzvah.
What part of speech is hanachas tefillin?
Hanachas tefillin is a noun.

Words near hanachas tefillin in the dictionary

  1. Han-k'ou
  2. Han-tan
  3. Han-yang
  4. Hana
  5. hanacaraka
  6. hanachas tefillin
  7. Hanadi
  8. Hanae
  9. Hanael
  10. Hanafi
  11. Hanafis

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