During their search of the synagogue, the firefighters found a bag containing tefillin (phylacteries),which was burned. Upon opening the bag, however, they were shocked to find the tefillin ...

This is one of the reminders of the tefillin. Reb Yisroel Salanter, zt”l, zy”a, famously said that the greatest distance in the world between one point and another is the distance between the ...

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar met with Russian-Israeli freed hostage Alexander Sasha Troufanov to pray and put on tefillin on Sunday, according to the Jewish leader, who also shared that ...

Sasha Troufanov, released yesterday from Hamas captivity, met with Russia's Rabbi Berel Lazar on Sunday, who helped him put on Tefillin for the first time in his life. After putting on the ...

Jarada, 23, was there to pick up the 200th pair of tefillin that she had sponsored through her foundation, Ein Od Milvado (“There is no other besides Him”), which has raised some $135,000.

Just after being released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, Sasha Troufanov was visited by Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar who helped him don Tefillin for the first time in his life. Full Story, Photos, ...

Tel Aviv Shliach Rabbi Eliyahu Shweka recalls a time when he offered a visitor to the Rebbe’s Ohel to put on Tefillin and was turned down - for a good reason. Full Story The Rebbe’s Ohel in New York.

The beat of Israeli electronic dance music pumped the air in a packed community hall in Brooklyn, N.Y., last Friday until the DJ cut in: “If you haven’t wrapped tefillin yet, come to the front!” ...

(JNS) — Alexandre (“Sasha”) Troufanov, who was released yesterday from Hamas captivity in Gaza, put on tefillin for the first time on Sunday, with the help of Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar. Lazar ...