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Wrapped up in religious tradition

By JAMES BORCHUCK, Times Staff
Published February 4, 2008

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The 7th Annual World Wide Wrap held at Congregation B'nai Israel on Sunday was designed to teach people how to wrap tefillin, worn on weekday mornings for prayers. Tefillin consists of two black cubes with black straps attached to each cube. In each cube are scrolls of parchment inscribed with passages from the Torah.

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