Tefillin are two black leather boxes and worn by Jewish men during the week day davening ( prayers ). Each box contains schrolls of the Torah. Wearing tefillin is remembering HaShem's presence throughout the day
🔹️Shemos 13: 1-10 & 13 : 11-16
🔹️Devarim 6:4- 9 & 11: 13-21
Tefillin is a powerful mitzvah which creates a bond between HaShem and the man who performs this mitzvah. Many non- observant Jewish man, who wrapped the tefillin for the first time, says how it has changed there lives.
Ashkenazi tefillin are wrapped inwards, towards the body, it is binding the heart and the soul to the word of HaShem. The box place on the arm, rest against the heart, where emotions are formed, the leather strap is wound around the left arm and hand. The other box is placed on the head, above the forehead and between the eyes. Jewish observant men are dedicated to serve HaShem, with all of there heart, all of their soul and all of their might.
Talis & Tzitzit
A Tallis is a Jewish prayer shawl, and has finges attached to the four courners of the shawl. The fringes are called Tzitizit, reminds a Jewish observant man of HaShem and His mitzvos.
The tzitzit on the shawl symbolizing the 613 mitzvos and is worn during the Shacharis. The Tallis Katan is a garment with tztizit on the four corners and is worn by most observant Jewish men all day, but the Tallis is still worn during the morning prayer, and all day long during Yom Kippur.
The eight tassels and five knots represents 613 mitzvos. It works the same way as it does with the Alef Beis ( Hebrew Alphabet ), and corresponding with the gematria of the five letters of the Hebrew word Tzitzit, which adds up to 600. When you add up the eight strings and five knots of each string the outcome is 613.
The eight tassels with the five knots.
A kosher Tallis katan, a kosher t'shirt Tallis katan, a little boys Tallis Katan and Tefillin.