Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, March 22nd, 1993
Totafot (the T word) had been rendered as frontlets, phylacteries in Greek (amulets) and as tefellin (an aid in prayer). It is a word loaned from the Egyptians over two hundred years ago when the Hebrews were made slaves of the Egyptians. The T word mirrors two aspects of the Divine finger: the power of creation and the characteristics of lawgiver and scribe. An object referred to by the T word would supersede the spells and incantations.
FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES, THE Hebrews lived in the region of the Nile Delta, first as invited guests of the Pharaoh and, later, as slaves. During that ti...
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