Tefillin

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US study shows tefillin-wrapping may protect men from heart attacks
October 15, 2018
The tight binding of the arm may offer protection against “acute ischemic reperfusion injury,” in which the heart is deprived of oxygen during a heart attack, then damaged by the reintroduction of oxygen.
Israeli Jewish men put on tefillin at the entrance to Carmel Market in downtown Tel Aviv on Feb. 10, 2017. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
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Son of convicted US spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg has bar mitzvah at 71
August 3, 2018
Robert Meeropol spoke about growing up as the “Cold War’s most famous orphan” and his crusade to clear his mother’s name.
Rabbi Ephraim Mintz, director of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, wraps tefillin with Robert Meeropol, 71, the son of convicted and executed U.S. spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Credit: Photo by Mendy Moskowitz/JLI.
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