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3 9 9 0 0 ;> late daily brings home to his mind his allegiance to the One and Only
- < ; * 9 9 / / 9 > , God with all its consequences, so is it also the same thought and the
same allegiance to the One and Only God before Whom in the moment
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of battle all other greatness and power loses all importance...
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14 Rabbi S.R. Hirsch, Collected Writings, vol. III, pg 160

The casing and the knot of the head tefillin are placed upon the centre 9 , / 9 = 9 < >
of intellect and memory. The contents of the tefillin must be
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comprehended by the mind and guarded by the memory. From and
through the mind – as implied by the straps that are allowed to hang 0 9 < 7 =, 9 -
down over the shoulders – the ideas contained in the tefillin are to ;- *
penetrate deep into the heart. The ideas which the mind has identified
are to be adopted by the will, and thus to be translated into life and
action….
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15 Rabbi S.R. Hirsch to D’vorim 6:8 , 9 9 0 < 9 , - *
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From [the head the straps] stream down on the right to the seat of our
earthly sensuous organs and on the left to the seat of our higher moral
wishings, accordingly to designate the whole of our physical-spiritual
!
self to included in the dedicating bond with our ‘thinking’ head.