Tefillin (prayer container) box (one of a pair)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tefillin (prayer container) box (one of a pair)

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Date
late 19th century
Medium
Silver
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
39820

These intricately filigreed silver boxes were made to cover leather Tefillin boxes containing passages from the Torah. Deuteronomy 6:8 instructs, And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. Traditional Jewish men attach the Tefillin to the head and arm with leather straps during morning prayers. Austria, Europe

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Gift of Harold and Mickey Smith

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