Giving someone tefillin isn’t just handing them an object,” she told JNS. “It helps open up a whole world to them.” ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Though there's not been much recent news directly about the game, work on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) remake is ongoing. That said, since we've not seen any substantial ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

It sounds like a Jewish improv setup: A Chabad guy asks Larry David to lay tefillin. But this was real life, and the Lubavitcher, a 21-year-old self-starter named Yossi Farro, was asking in front ...