Haley loses Nevada GOP primary skipped by Trump to 'none of these candidates'

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phylactery

"A small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law."

That phylactery?

More likely the D&D/fantasy version. Harry Potter called them “horcruxes”. Keep your soul in a box and whatever happens to your body, you can’t truly die.

But I didn’t know they were based on Jewish mythology, so thanks for that TIL!

I’m not sure that the phylactery in D&D is based on Jewish practices. The word comes from Latin and referred to something sacred/guarded and could be a place or even an amulet.

The term is being used appropriately in D&D and Jewish peoples also use it for their beliefs. Another guy posted he might stop using it because of the Jewish connotations, which that’s totally up to them but I don’t think it’s exclusive.

Then again, perhaps Latin created a word from seeing Jewish practices. I don’t know. I’m just a dude on the internet.

Thank you, Mr Dude on the Internet! As is tradition, I will take your word at face value completely without reservation!

-Another Dude on the Internet

Ditto, I had no idea. I knew them as the thing you had to find to defeat a lich in D&D.

Sounds like it's an insensitive term so I'll try to stop using it that way.

No, no one would infer Abraham stuff here

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