Freed Hamas hostage dons tefillin in ‘death shelter’ In an emotional full-circle moment, former Hamas captive Eliya Cohen returned Sunday for the first time to the bunker from which he was kidnapped and donned tefillin. Merav Sever April 20, 2025
Jewish teens set ‘tefillin’-wrapping world record at CTeen Shabbaton Putting it on is “like the face of Judaism,” said Sammy Seokar, 16, an 11th-grader from Boynton Beach, Fla. Vita Fellig March 4, 2025
‘It changes everything,’ says Mary Jarada, who has donated 200 pairs, $135,000 worth of tefillin “Giving someone tefillin isn’t just handing them an object,” she told JNS. “It helps open up a whole world to them.” Vita Fellig Feb. 24, 2025
Top Russian rabbi helps freed Gaza captive put on tefillin Berel Lazar, who lobbied to obtain Sasha Troufanov's release, instructed him on how to perform the religious rite for the first time. Feb. 16, 2025
Binding, bonding, blessing Every single mitzvah has infinite, cosmic effects unseen by us, but also, by practicing the commandments, we become more refined, more mature, more elevated. Rabbi Yossy Goldman Aug. 14, 2024
Tefillin were not dyed black 2,000 years ago Second Temple period phylacteries found near Qumran underwent a battery of scientific tests. June 16, 2024
Scribe writes largest mezuzah for private home in Israel "Writing the mezuzah took at least 6-7 hours," said Rabbi Meir Peretz. May 29, 2024
Netanyahu photographed for the first time wrapping tefillin Acceding to the wish of a grieving mother, the prime minister donned the tefillin that had belonged to her son, a soldier killed in action in 2014. Miri Weissman May 12, 2024
