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The Karaites and Their Quest for TruthThe Watchtower—1995 | July 15
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According to their interpretation of Deuteronomy 6:8, 9, the rabbis held that Jewish men had to pray wearing tefillin, or phylacteries, and that a mezuzah was to be placed on each doorpost.b The Karaites regarded these verses as having only figurative and symbolic meaning and therefore rejected such rabbinic regulations.
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The Karaites and Their Quest for TruthThe Watchtower—1995 | July 15
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b Tefillin are two small square leather boxes containing slips bearing Scriptural passages. These cases were traditionally worn on the left arm and on the head during weekday morning prayers. The mezuzah is a small parchment scroll inscribed with Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and De 11:13-21, placed in a case fixed to the doorpost.
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