Jewish wearers of phylacteries (tefillin) for prayer have taken it for granted that the cases that hold them and the straps were always black, as designated by halacha (Jewish law). But ...

Bal Harbour, Florida Shliach Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar tells of a bet on a tennis game which led to a longtime friendship with ...

In case of abuse, Report this post. I remember once reading that a survivor, I think it was Elie Wiesel, talked about how there were tefillin in Auschwitz, and Jews risked their lives to put them on.

This week, Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Meital Lehavi posted a video showing herself attempting to remove a tefillin stand erected in memory of Nova music festival victims. Alongside the video ...

Today (Wednesday) to mark Memorial Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put on the tefillin of Maj. (res.) Yossi Hershkovitz, who fell during the war. "On this Memorial Day, I am honored to put ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One of the most sacred objects in Judaism is made of skin from a bull's neck. It's called tefillin, and each black box contains scrolls that must be written by hand.