hanachas tefillin

noun

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

OriginHebrew הֲנָחַת תְּפִלִּין →
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Meanings

nounhanachas tefillin (uncountable)

alternative hanachat tefillin · alternative hanachos tefillin · alternative hanaḥat tefillin

  1. uncountableA 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

Origin

  1. Hebrewהֲנָחַת תְּפִלִּין“putting on of tefillin”
  2. Englishhanachas tefillin

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

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