[Avodah] Totafos vs. tefillin

Ben Rothke via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Sun Feb 19 19:45:27 PST 2017


[I had to replace Hebrew with my own translitations. -micha]

In the parasha 2 weeks ago, Shmos 13:16 uses the word [totafos].
Onkelos translates it as [tefillin].
Any idea why we use the term [tefillin] as opposed to [totafos]?



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