The scriptural texts for tefillin are obscure in literal meaning. For example, the verse in Deut. 11:18 does not designate what specifically to bind upon your arm, and the definition of totafot is not obvious. It is the Talmud, the authoritative oral tradition for Rabbinic Judaism, which explains what are to be bound to the body and the form of tefillin.
deep state. English. Wikipedia has an article on: deep state. Wikipedia. Noun. deep state (plural deep states) A body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy.
BILL MOYERS: You go on to say, though, that it's not just the executive branch that is the heart of this, that it's just one of the several constituencies that make up what you call the Deep State. MIKE LOFGREN: Well, it's all the national security functions of the government. It's the Pentagon.