A dictionary of the . the Law inthe memory or to the preservation of theperson from danger, as by the amuletsor charms of modern superstition). Thepractice of using phylacteries was found-ed on a literal interpretation of Ex. 13 :9, 10; Deut. 6:8; 11 : 18, where Godcommands the Hebrews to bear the Lawin their hearts and in their heads, and it is still continued in our days. There aretwo kinds of phylacteries — one to beworn on the forehead, between the eye-brows, and another to be worn on theleft arm. The former was called a frontlet, and was composed of fourpieces of parchment, on the
A dictionary of the . the Law inthe memory or to the preservation of theperson from danger, as by the amuletsor charms of modern superstition). Thepractice of using phylacteries was found-ed on a literal interpretation of Ex. 13 :9, 10; Deut. 6:8; 11 : 18, where Godcommands the Hebrews to bear the Lawin their hearts and in their heads, and it is still continued in our days. There aretwo kinds of phylacteries — one to beworn on the forehead, between the eye-brows, and another to be worn on theleft arm. The former was called a frontlet, and was composed of fourpieces of parchment, on the first of whichwas written Ex. 12 : 2-10 ; on the second,Ex. 13 : 11-21: on the third, Deut. 6 :4-9; and on the fourth, Deut. 11: pieces of parchment, thus inscrib-ed, were inclosed in a piece of toughskin, making a square, on one side ofwhich was placed the Hebrew letter shin,W, and this box was tied to the foreheadwith a thong or riband. Some wore themboth evening and morning, and othersonly at morning The Phylactery. The other kind of phylacteries con-sisted of two rolls of parchment, writtenin square letters, with an ink made onpurpose, and with much care. Theywere rolled up to a point, enclosed in asort of case of black calfskin, and thenput upon a square bit of the sameleather, whence hung a thong of thesame, about a finger in breadth andabout two feet long. These rolls wereplaced near the elbow of the left arm,and after one end of the thong had beenmade into a little knot in the form ofthe Hebrew letter yod, t, it was woundabout the arm in a spiral line, whichended at the top of the middle finger. PHYSICIAN. It was naturalthat the Jews should have learned some-thing about medicine in Egypt, where,at the time of their stay in the country,687 PIB PIL this art was cultivated with great also appears from several passages inthe books of Moses that at his time therewere not only midwives, but also sur-geons and physicians, among the it
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