tefillah shel yad

noun

A leather strap wrapped around the hand as part of tefillin.

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Meanings

nountefillah shel yad (plural tefillin shel yad)

plural tefillin shel yad

  1. A leather strap wrapped around the hand as part of tefillin.

    If a person is left-handed, however, then the right hand is weaker and the Tefillah shel yad is placed on that hand.

    1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 217
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