Meaning of tefilla | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”).
   Judaism, countable, in-plural, often
2. Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer.
   Judaism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.”

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