Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanachas tefillin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hanachas te-fill-in
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ceremony at which a child first wears tefillin, typically held a short time before the bar mitzvah.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Originally, Yemenite Jews had no Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all, while Sefardic and Oriental Jews had a Hanaḥat Tefillin ceremony at age 11 or 12."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲנָחַת תְּפִלִּין (“putting on of tefillin”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hanachat tefillin (alternative) hanachos tefillin (alternative) hanaḥat tefillin (alternative)

Questions

What does hanachas tefillin mean?: A ceremony at which a child first wears tefillin, typically held a short time before the bar mitzvah.
Where does hanachas tefillin come from?: Borrowed from Hebrew הֲנָחַת תְּפִלִּין (“putting on of tefillin”).

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