The wearing of the tefillin is obligatory on all males over thirteen years of age (the age of confirmation).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Promised Land] Reference

The secular Zionists who wouldn’t know tefillin from a Mezuzah?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Avigdor Lieberman Boosted By Pro-Pork Backlash] Reference

Phylacteries - called tefillin in Hebrew - are two small boxes, usually made of black leather, with straps attached to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC - Ouch] Reference

The flight crew became concerned when the teen began a prayer ritual in which a set of boxes, called tefillin, are strapped to the head and arm before praying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference

The circumstances were different regarding daily mitzvot, such as tefillin and zizit, from which women were exempt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Observance of Mitzvot: Custom and Halakhah.] Reference

Then he donned the tefillin publicly on the train.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL: ARCHEOLOGY OR FAITH?] Reference

On weekdays, I wear my father's tefillin, on these High.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Words for a New Year—Rabbi Leonard Gordon's Sermon] Reference

What if she had been laying tefillin but decides to stop?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reform Teens Revolt | Jewschool] Reference

You're confusing the rosary with your tefillin again snob.    From Wordnik.com.  [There's The Rub: Marketing Gone Amok Awry] Reference

Madonna wore tefillin in a music video of “Die Another Day.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Jewish Madonna? Is That a Mystery?] Reference

Turns out those boxes are called phylacteries or tefillin in Hebrew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orthodox Jews Indistinguishable From Terrorists | Manolith] Reference

I asked him to perform the ritual of laying tefillin (phylacteries).    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL: ARCHEOLOGY OR FAITH?] Reference

Soferet Jen Taylor Friedman has started a tefillin gemach for women, based in NYC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tefillin Gemach for Women | Jewschool] Reference

In response he pulled out of his briefcase pictures of ancient tefillin he had discovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL: ARCHEOLOGY OR FAITH?] Reference

Not to get all Talmudic on you, but tefillin is more commonly spelled with one F and two L's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waist Not Want Not: Excessive Wear] Reference

Now, it appears that tefillin has the capability to not only divert airplanes but also boats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rabbi Jason Miller: The Tefillin Bomber Strikes Again] Reference

Anyway… This is harsh and I would go so far to say the wrong use of tefillin…and grammar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Motzash Mishegaas | Jewschool] Reference

They Bar Mitzvah people, wrap tefillin, share their food, upgrade some neshamas and so forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rainbow connection | Jewschool] Reference

Another option of learning the obligation of women to non-time-bound mitzvot is from tefillin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female.] Reference

The distinction appears to be maintained in only a few ritual realms such as aliyah, minyan and tefillin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feinstein, Rabbi Moses.] Reference

Rambam (tefillin 4: 13) bases his exemption of women from tefillin and their exemption in reciting the Shema on this verse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female.] Reference

There was also a discussion in BT Eruvin 96b about whether tefillin were to be worn at night and on the Sabbath and festivals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female.] Reference

Bat mitzvah ceremonies also paved the way for women to wear a tallit and lay tefillin for daily prayer in those congregations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ritual: A Feminist Approach.] Reference

Indeed, after wrapping tefillin “phailakteries” Rabeinu Tam? we heard the end of the phrase/prayer specific to that group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borat + Marc Levin’s Protocols = Kike Like Me | Jewschool] Reference

The same discussion concerning whether the exemption constitutes a prohibition found for zizit was made in reference to tefillin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female.] Reference

In the background of the stage are Hebrew letters and the young dancers around the star wear black straps that look like tefillin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pop-kabbala in a time of shahids] Reference