tefillin

Left-wing activist arrested after rubbing tefillin on his groin

Police arrest Netanya man who was filmed taking religious item, rubbing it on his groin.

Yair Lapid’s holiday bloopers

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.

In wake of film:

Jews in Arab countries ask Yad L’Achim for tefillin

Yad L'Achim outreach films warmly received by Jews living in enemy states. 'Please produce more such films.'

Israelis not allowed into Jordan because of tallit and tefillin

40 Israeli insurance agents going on a short vacation to Jordan turned away because 7 of them had Jewish 'religious symbols.'

In a Beitar Illit apartment fire, only the tefillin survive

Electric bicycle goes up in flames, sparking apartment fire. 'Only use the original battery.'

Atlanta car thief steals rabbi’s son’s tefillin

Thief breaks into car and steals tefillin belonging to son of rabbi who only recently had his bar mitzvah.

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:

Bo: The Exodus and Tefillin

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.'

The police officer who went above and beyond to recover Tefillin

When bus driver Rafael Tzobra's tefillin were stolen, officer Edwin Samuel determined to find them.

Watch: Peaceful demonstration held outside home of Meretz MK

Protesters pray, lay phylacteries, outside home of Meretz's MK Zandberg, in peaceful protest of her bill to criminalize outreach to minors.

Warsaw claims Holocaust museum has illegally smuggled artifacts

City of Warsaw says sets of Holocaust-era tefillin at Shem Olam Holocaust museum were illegally smuggled out of Poland.

Secret bunker discovered in Warsaw Ghetto - 76 years later

Dozens of pairs of tefillin found in buildings razed in Warsaw Ghetto are brought secretly to Israel.

Sanitation crew helps NY man go dumpster diving for his tefillin

New York City Sanitation Department workers help an Orthodox Jewish man recover his lost tefillin after they were accidentally thrown out.

Tefillin stands set up at many MDA stations throughout Israel

Initiative by Rabbi Yonatan Spitzer, MDA member who established new stands with help of Rabbi Yosef Nachshon's Soldiers in Love project.

Is working in Eretz Yisrael a mitzva?

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.

NY museum relabels Tefillin from 'amulet' to 'phylacteries'

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York corrects controversial label on Tefillin from 'Egyptian amulet' to 'phylacteries'.

Museum sparks debate after it labels Tefillin as Egyptian amulet

New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art labels phylacteries as 'Egyptian amulet' in Islamic Art Department.

Tefillin: The Beautiful Blending of Art and Religion

Phylacteries remind worshipers to keep God’s Law in both their actions and thoughts. These small leather boxes are beautiful pieces of art.

Rami Levy donates NIS 1 million in tefillin to European Jews

Israeli supermarket magnate Rami Levy gives hundreds of tefillin sets to European Jews who cannot afford to purchase their own.

What does Hashem’s back look like?

New Tefillin for Israeli passengers of the ‘Coronavirus Ship’

Israelis in isolation will not be able to use any objects they used on the ship until all of them have been fully disinfected

Tel Aviv mayor: We didn't ban tefilin booths

Ron Huldai hits back at accusations Tel Aviv has moved against tefillin stands, says city enforcing law against all stands near schools.

Who's selling non-kosher tefillin?

London rabbis warn local Jews after receiving reports of sales of ritually unfit but expensive tefillin.

Tefillin from Golan Heights battle given to lone soldier

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.

Shlach: A Talit Meditation

Why don't WOW ask Rick Jacobs about tefillin?

'Illegal Arab aliens burned my husband's tefillin'

Be'er Sheva woman's husband loses his tefillin and tallit, which are later found burned.

Only in Israel:

Watch Chabad emissary brings tefillin to live radio show

'Breakfast Club' hosts on Radio 103FM ask for tefillin on air and Chabad emissary hurries to arrive: Shai Goldstein: 'It's like a battery.'

Significance of Tefillin

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Study: Tefillin help prevent heart attacks

New study finds daily use of phylacteries causes improved blood flow, may be linked to improved cardiovascular health.

Research: Tefillin may offer heart benefits

Study suggests people who wear tefillin enjoy cardiovascular health benefits.

Incendiary balloon burns tefillin

Employers in the carpentry shop of Kibbutz Nachal Oz found a pair of tefillin burning in one of the storerooms.

'I took my tefillin and went outside'

Teen who escaped Jerusalem fire helps police locate arson suspect, then tells the story of his escape.

Meet the Uber of tefillin

Wrapp is a mobile app that links people who own tefillin with those wishing to put on tefillin; 'High technology removes all barriers.'

Fine for Tefillin stand canceled

Mayor Nir Barkat voids $124 fine slapped on Chabad hassid who got people to lay tefillin near the Jerusalem Bus Station.

$124 fine for Chabad hasid manning Jerusalem tefillin stand

Jerusalem supervisor slaps Chabad hasid with fine, orders him to close his tefillin stand.

The month in which Tefillin held the spotlight

'I'm sorry': Man who torched his tefillin asks for forgiveness

Bnei Brak man who left religion, filmed himself destroying religious items, asks forgiveness, says he wants to become religious again.

TV network apologizes for skit mocking Judaism

'Keshet' TV network issues apology for recent skit on 'Eretz Nehederet' comedy show which mocked tefillin.

Rabbinic group: Review professor in viral tefillin incident

CJV urges universities to revisit courses assigned to multiculturalism 'specialist' who attacked man for wearing tefillin.

Who is the woman who attacked man for putting on tefillin?

Woman who attacked man putting on tefillin at Ben Gurion airport is professor of liberal arts, education. Her husband headed the NIF.

'To insult wearing tefillin in Israel? Sad'

Lubavitch Spokesman refers to incident at Ben-Gurion Airport against Chabad Chasid who helped another Jew put on Tefillin.

Berlin allows tefillin into prisons

Jewish prisoners in Berlin now have permanent access to a pair of tefillin.

Netanyahu: Some things are just not done

PM condemns satirical show for mocking tefillin. 'You don;t have to wear a kippah to understand the importance of our heritage.'

TV Authority: Red lines were crossed

Regulator of Israeli commercial TV releases sharp response over controversial skit involving disrespect for tefillin.

'There are things that should not be done'

Knesset Speaker attacks satirical show over tefillin controversy, recalling his struggle in Russia against the KGB to keep his tefillin.

Bennett responds to satirical TV show: I am a proud Jew

Jewish Home Chairman responds to skit on 'Eretz Nehederet': 'Proud to be among the mezuzah-kissers and tefilin-layers.'

Outrage after satirical TV show mocks tefillin

Satirical show “Eretz Nehederet” airs sketch in which actor wears tefillin on his head.

Tefillin thrown in garbage found in recycling park

Maid throws tefillin in garbage, but family members don't despair; with help of family and friends tefillin located at Hiriya site.

'These are odd': Toronto airport agent baffled by Tefillin

Watch: Canadian security agent insists on opening passenger's Jewish religious items, refuses request to speak with manager.

Tel Aviv official: Chabad 'missionaries' need to be banned

Tel Aviv city council official rips Chabad 'missionary activities' after being asked whether he wanted to put on Tefillin.

Bnei Brak man arrested for torching tefillin

Police arrest man Bnei Brak resident who publicized footage of himself burning his tefillin in protest of 'religious coercion'.

Herzliya Mayor apologizes for Tefillin flap

Herzliya Mayor apologizes to Chabad Jew who was fined Friday for offering to put teffilin on passersby. 'It was a misunderstanding.'

He offered to help someone put on tefillin - and was fined

Herzliya municipal supervisor forces Chabad man to close tefillin stand, pay heavy fine.

Jewish Moscow presents 'tefillin bank'

After 'mezuzah bank' succeeds, Moscow's Chabad presents 'tefillin banks.'

Thieves take yeshiva boys’ luggage, tefillin during Chicago trip

Students on 8th grade graduation trip have newly received religious items stolen along with their luggage.

Boy who grew up as Muslim wraps tefillin for the first time

Woman escapes with her two children from her abusive Arab husband and returns to life as a Jew in Israel.

Watch: Chabad offers Tefillin to marchers in Auschwitz

CTeen, Chabad's branch for the youth, offers members of March of the Living the opportunity to wear Tefillin in Auschwitz.

Tefillin recovered from garbage dump

Haredi volunteers in New York find lost set of Tefillin accidentally thrown out by owner.

The 'holy city' of Tel Aviv dons tefillin, may break records

Rabbi Eli Naiditch, Chabad representative in Tel Aviv, was upset that polls said it was 'not a holy city'. He decided to prove it was.

USC Chabad center robbed of electronics, 3 sets of tefillin

Burglar steals electronics, three sets of tefillin and other valuables from the Chabad house at the University of Southern California.