Tefillin
Videos
Tefillin, or phylacteries, are sets of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are traditionally worn by male adult
A set of tefillin includes the arm-tefillah (left) and the head-tefillah
Man wearing arm- and head-tefillin at the Western Wall in 2009
Ashkenazi head tefillin, Jerusalem, Israel
Leather moulded into shape for the head-tefillin
Asael Lubotzky
Videos
Asael Lubotzky is an Israeli physician, author, and molecular biologist. Formerly an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, he is a combat veteran of the Second Lebanon War.
Tefillin
…as fulfilling any obligation" and that the blessing not be recited. Laws and customs regarding putting on tefillin Israel Defense Forces soldier Asael Lubotzky prays with tefillin. Standard Ashkenazi practice is to put on and remove the arm tefillin while standing in accordance to the Shulchan Aruch, while…
Lubotzky in prayer, 2006