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tefillin
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December 24, 2024, 3:54 am
This Chabadnik is on a mission to wrap tefillin for US Jewish celebrities
20-year-old Yossi Farro has facilitated prayer for public figures from Lil Dicky to Bill Ackman, saying they can inspire others to embrace mitzvahs
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Luke Tress
September 14, 2024, 7:48 pm
Nova hostage’s tefillin draw thousands in Israel and abroad to pray for his safe return
Israeli attorney travels with Bar Kuperstein’s phylacteries across Israel and North America at behest of captive’s mother
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ToI Staff
June 14, 2024, 10:24 am
Study: Ancient phylacteries’ natural leather color illustrates evolution of Jewish law
Analysis of 2,000-year-old tefillin found in Judean Desert caves shows no dye was used in their construction; deep black is mandated by contemporary Jewish Law
By
Gavriel Fiske
January 31, 2024, 3:23 pm
Judge asks Tel Aviv’s mayor to drop ‘time wasting’ libel lawsuit over public prayer
Ron Huldai is suing Transportation Minister Regev for saying he prevented people from putting on tefillin in the street
By
Canaan Lidor
September 22, 2023, 8:14 am
Minister defends principal who told student not to lay tefillin in public space
Yoav Kisch say video of incident did not reflect fact that Ra’anana school permits such religious actions within classrooms
By
Canaan Lidor
November 1, 2022, 4:46 pm
Netanya resident detained for holding tefillin against his crotch near voting booth
In a video of the incident, the man is seen wearing a Meretz shirt; left-wing party calls on election authorities to investigate, saying he was likely an imposter
By
Tobias Siegal
May 10, 2022, 11:56 pm
Group of Israelis barred from entering Jordan over tefillin in baggage
Seven men, part of organized trip to country, told by guards they could not enter as they could be targeted for religious symbol
By
ToI Staff
January 26, 2021, 8:43 pm
Israeli Holocaust museum accused of smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw
After Shem Olam museum near Hadera obtains 10 sets of phylacteries found by construction workers, Polish city says it had no knowledge of discovery
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
July 29, 2020, 11:16 am
After Twitter storm, Met museum changes tefillin label from amulet to phylactery
But archive’s updated term for the leather boxes and straps still doesn’t mention its use in Jewish prayer
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JTA
July 27, 2020, 1:04 pm
Met museum ‘mislabeling’ leads to Twitter tempest in a tefillin box
Jewish social media users ask for correction in NYC museum’s Islamic Art Department’s categorization of item, but academic says term is likely lexically correct
By
Marcy Oster
February 17, 2020, 3:22 pm
Hardline transportation minister scrambles after embrace from women’s group
Women of the Wall praises Bezalel Smotrich for ‘warm welcome’ of train terminal tefillin stand for women, prompting far-right criticism of him
By
ToI Staff
January 27, 2019, 4:31 pm
Women of the Wall get approval for women’s tefillin stand in Jerusalem
City authorizes move after months-long battle, but not at requested location, leading rights group to accuse it of discrimination
By
Michael Bachner
October 15, 2018, 4:06 am
Wearing tefillin could be good for the heart, US study indicates
The act of tightly wrapping leather strap around the arm on a daily basis appears to help blood flow and lower risks of a heart attack, according to University of Cincinnati study
By
ToI Staff
July 15, 2018, 5:01 am
Need tefillin? There’s an app for that
‘Wrapp’ crowd sources the Chabad mission of helping Jews pray by offering a platform for instant lending and borrowing of phylacteries
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
May 30, 2018, 9:03 pm
Israeli woman disputes ‘distorted’ clip of airport rant over tefillin
Pnina Peri, an expert in multicultural theories, recorded yelling at rabbi and businessman; she says they told her ‘It’s too bad that Hitler didn’t kill you’
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