Several recent rabbinic rulings that have invalidated certain kinds of tefillin straps as unfit for use are causing an uproar in the Orthodox community. A number of rabbis in Jerusalem, Chicago, ...

In other words, the lived experience of tefillin often emphasizes the container and the command more than the semantic ...

Several recent rabbinic rulings that have invalidated certain kinds of tefillin straps as unfit for use are causing an uproar in the Orthodox community. NEW YORK (JTA) — Several recent rabbinic ...

Inspectors find tefillin without proper parchments and mezuzot missing entire words every single day. Discover why investing in high quality religious articles protects your family and lasts for ...

The Jewish ritual of wearing tefillin, wrapping leather straps around an arm and the head to hold small prayer boxes during daily prayer, has been practiced for more than 2,000 years. But last Sunday ...

Insights from Toras Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe's father, presented by Shliach Rabbi Dovid Dubov of New Jersey, ...

Tefillin are a sign for Israel-that is, a symbol and marker that expresses their very essence. The passages of the tefillin express the foundations of faith. One of these foundations is the centrality ...

A new study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology shows that the act of Jewish men tightly wrapping tefillin straps around their arms in the morning may be ...