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.
For Trump, a man who has always defined himself against caricatured enemies, the deep state is a useful boogeyman that allows him to merge several disparate political targetsâreal, exaggerated and imaginedâinto a single villain he can use to rally his supporters.