In coordination with schools across Israel, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries are providing pairs of tefillin to students who expressed interest following the Ramat Gan tefillin saga.
Tel Aviv deputy mayor Meital Lehavi posts video as she tries to remove a tefillin stand in memory of Nova Festival victims, sparking an outroar. Victims' family responds in pain.
Thousands of Israelis across the country wrapped tefillin at special orange tefillin stands during the funeral of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas.
Students at a high school in Ramat Gan collected money and purchased a pair of tefillin, which they put on one by one during breaks, angering the school principal.
Mayor Reuven Danilovich of Be'er Sheva expressed surprise and concern over requests to remove Tefilin stands from public areas.
Sasha Troufanov put on Tefilin for the first time the day after returning from captivity.
My journey has brought to light critical insights that I believe every member of the Jewish community should know
In a short time, the heads of the "Ohel Yosef and Baruch Tuxor" community from Queens, New York, raised tens of thousands of dollars to purchase 101 pairs of high-quality tefillin in honor of the 101 hostages still held by Hamas.
Rabbi Amichai Eyal, founder of the “Or Chadash (New light)” organization presents his unique initiative
In the wake of the October 7th attacks, Corey Silberglied, a young Delaware native, embarked on a deeply personal journey to honor the memory of Yair Nafusi, a 20-year-old victim, through the daily practice of wrapping Tefillin.
A new scientific study has found that ancient tefillin, or phylacteries, were not colored black, as is mandated by Jewish law.
Several passengers attempting to hold a regular morning prayer service on a train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were accosted by a man in an IDF uniform. 'Let the parasites wear uniforms, this isn't a synagogue.'
MK Almog Cohen participated in protest after Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium High School principal Dr. Ze'ev Degani was filmed preventing students from putting on Tefillin.
Rabbi Michael Taib was standing at a tefillin booth in Ashdod when a mother approached him with her son - and burst into tears.
Let's nor forfeit a historic opporunity. The world is on fire.
He said that when he reached the age of 13, they recognized this milestone with a delivery of 13 bananas to his room.
Hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch hasidim arrive at the UN on Friday, offering protesters for and against the judicial reform to lay tefillin.
In this week's Parsha, we encounter the renowned second paragraph of the "Shema" prayer—Parashat Ve'haya Eim Shamo'a.
Schiff, who has been opening for famous Jewish comedian Seinfeld for 25 years, stays observant on tour.
Guards at Amman airport desecrate rabbi's tefillin, claiming he could use the straps to strangle passengers.
Ambassador Gilad Erdan: There are few moments as moving as when a father stands next to his son as he puts on tefillin for the first time.
The Aramaic translation of Onkelos, translates totafot as tefillin, in the plural. Why?
University of Cincinnati research finds that putting on tefillin while praying has significant cardiovascular benefits.
Judge Aharon Barak interviewed by journalist Aryeh Ehrlich, and the stormy interview ends with an interesting twist.
Meretz activist's despicable actions infuriated the public. Days later, Meretz was wiped out in the elections.
Police arrest Netanya man who was filmed taking religious item, rubbing it on his groin.
Just as worrisome as his ignorance of basic Judaism is the fact that he can't even fake it. What awaits us for Sukkot, I wonder. Op-ed.
Yad L'Achim outreach films warmly received by Jews living in enemy states. 'Please produce more such films.'
40 Israeli insurance agents going on a short vacation to Jordan turned away because 7 of them had Jewish 'religious symbols.'
Electric bicycle goes up in flames, sparking apartment fire. 'Only use the original battery.'
Thief breaks into car and steals tefillin belonging to son of rabbi who only recently had his bar mitzvah.
Rabbi Kook:We bind these memories of G-d's role in history to our hand, heart, and mind, and transform our coarse nature to a holy one.'
When bus driver Rafael Tzobra's tefillin were stolen, officer Edwin Samuel determined to find them.
Protesters pray, lay phylacteries, outside home of Meretz's MK Zandberg, in peaceful protest of her bill to criminalize outreach to minors.
City of Warsaw says sets of Holocaust-era tefillin at Shem Olam Holocaust museum were illegally smuggled out of Poland.
Dozens of pairs of tefillin found in buildings razed in Warsaw Ghetto are brought secretly to Israel.
New York City Sanitation Department workers help an Orthodox Jewish man recover his lost tefillin after they were accidentally thrown out.
Initiative by Rabbi Yonatan Spitzer, MDA member who established new stands with help of Rabbi Yosef Nachshon's Soldiers in Love project.
Chatam Sofer series: Working the fields of Eretz Yisrael is a mitzva parallel to putting on tefilin, and one may stop learning Torah for it.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York corrects controversial label on Tefillin from 'Egyptian amulet' to 'phylacteries'.
New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art labels phylacteries as 'Egyptian amulet' in Islamic Art Department.
Phylacteries remind worshipers to keep God’s Law in both their actions and thoughts. These small leather boxes are beautiful pieces of art.
Israeli supermarket magnate Rami Levy gives hundreds of tefillin sets to European Jews who cannot afford to purchase their own.
Israelis in isolation will not be able to use any objects they used on the ship until all of them have been fully disinfected
Ron Huldai hits back at accusations Tel Aviv has moved against tefillin stands, says city enforcing law against all stands near schools.
London rabbis warn local Jews after receiving reports of sales of ritually unfit but expensive tefillin.
Family of slain IDF soldier Benny Hanani, who fell in the Yom Kippur War, donate his tefillin to a lone soldier who immigrated to israel.
Be'er Sheva woman's husband loses his tefillin and tallit, which are later found burned.
'Breakfast Club' hosts on Radio 103FM ask for tefillin on air and Chabad emissary hurries to arrive: Shai Goldstein: 'It's like a battery.'
Jеwіѕh religious men thаt have tеfіllіn bоund оn their аrmѕ and forehead аrе literally binding thеіr whоlе selves tо the Scripture of G-d.
New study finds daily use of phylacteries causes improved blood flow, may be linked to improved cardiovascular health.
Study suggests people who wear tefillin enjoy cardiovascular health benefits.
Employers in the carpentry shop of Kibbutz Nachal Oz found a pair of tefillin burning in one of the storerooms.
Teen who escaped Jerusalem fire helps police locate arson suspect, then tells the story of his escape.
Wrapp is a mobile app that links people who own tefillin with those wishing to put on tefillin; 'High technology removes all barriers.'
Mayor Nir Barkat voids $124 fine slapped on Chabad hassid who got people to lay tefillin near the Jerusalem Bus Station.
Jerusalem supervisor slaps Chabad hasid with fine, orders him to close his tefillin stand.
