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Sabbath
Every week religious Jews observe the Sabbath, the Jewish holy day, and keep its laws and customs.
Tefillin
Tefillin are cubic black leather boxes with leather straps that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their head and their arm during weekday morning prayer.
Kippah/Yarmulke
Orthodox Jewish men always cover their heads by wearing a skullcap known in Hebrew as a kippah or in Yiddish as a yarmulke.

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