I wanted to make a joke about bat mitzvahs then realised I know fuckall about Bar & Bat Mitzvahs and therefore it'd be an absolutely crap joke.
So I decided to educate myself and got a bit distracted by the pictures on wikipedia of this device some of the adults are wearing(their dads?) on their foreheads.
What is it and its function in the ceremony?
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These are “tefillin”. They contain biblical verses and are used in prayer by Orthodox Jews. I have an old set that used to belong to my great grandfather.
