{"id":42005,"date":"2016-10-10T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T14:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=42005"},"modified":"2021-03-30T15:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:25:49","slug":"tefillin-chol-hamoed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/tefillin-chol-hamoed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tefillin on Chol HaMoed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_14951914_SMALL-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_14951914_SMALL-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_14951914_SMALL-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_14951914_SMALL.jpg 847w\" alt=\"Tefillin or Teffilin (Phylacteries) worn by Jewish Men every morning.\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>Most people don&#8217;t wear Tefillin on Chol HaMoed. 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