The men who request tefillin vary widely from ritually observant Jews who cannot afford a new pair to single mothers looking for tefillin for their bar mitzvah-aged sons.
29-year-old Russian-Israeli Alexandre 'Sasha' Troufanov celebrated his return to Israel on Sunday with a traditional Jewish prayer and ritual, less than 24 hours after his freedom was secured.
Famous YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul wrapped tefillin with Chabad personality Yossi Farro for the first time while reciting the Hebrew prayer Shema and saying Am Yisrael Chai (The Jewish People Live).
Mary, a Jewish girl from Brooklyn, New York, founded an organization that supplies tefillin to IDF soldiers who are non-religious or cannot afford them but wish to wrap daily.
The device allows soldiers missing a hand to put on tefillin independently, in accordance with Jewish law. 'This isn't just a technical fix; it restored my self-respect.'
Under enemy fire, a commando unit bravely accompanied the religious group to Nachal Oz to recover Ariel Zohar's family heirloom from his Holocaust survivor grandfather, ensuring it would be ready for his upcoming bar mitzvah.
Man approaches operator of tefillin stand operator at Western Wall in Jerusalem and shows him a picture of the two of them. "This is from 11 years ago when I was last here. I want to thank you."
Ten sets of tefillin were found in the bunker, dug ahead of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, pointing to prayer quorums 'underground and under the Nazis' noses,.'
Emulate G-d's example and don't be frugal in fulfilling your religious obligations. Rather, show your devotion and follow His commandments with a full heart.
Former superstar wrestler Bill Goldberg donned tefillin (phylacteries) and said a Jewish prayer in response to the Jerusalem synagogue massacre in November. When the widows of the victims of terror at a synagogue in Jerusalem in November called on Jewish men to take time out for prayer and to don tefillin, former football player and wrestler Bill Goldberg gladly rose to... Read more »
This is how we should approach all daily routines, especially Torah observance. Pretend you are experiencing it for the first time, as if you were at Mount Sinai.
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