Tav ת for Tefillin (תפילין)
Tefillin, which translates from Hebrew as prayer items, are two black leather boxes made from a single piece of kosher animal skin. Inside each box are four passages from the Torah, handwritten in Hebrew by a sofer – a scribe. Men wear tefillin during weekday morning prayers. The obligation to wear them begins at the age of thirteen, although they are often worn earlier for practice.

• Do you have any particularly important items for yourself?
• How do you store them? What items do you carry with you at all times?
• What do they mean to you?

Symbolism:
The Hebrew letter ת (Tav) corresponds to the number 400.
Symbolic meaning: sign, symbol.