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debka_notion ([personal profile] debka_notion) wrote2006-03-08 12:34 pm

Tfillin and Marriage Symbols

Just noticed this morning that not only do we recite psukim (verses) about being bethrothed to G-d while wrapping tfillin straps around our fingers, we then go on to wrap the strap around the ring where people contemporarily wear wedding rings. I wonder if there was some influence, although I very much doubt it. But it was a striking sort of coincidence.

I wonder if that affects how married Jews feel about their rings and/or about their tfillin. (Input, anyone?)

[identity profile] shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com 2006-03-10 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think I remember you telling me about this before, along with the context. In any case, this is probably a fairly (read: extremely) recent innovation and not likely to be widely known.