Street stands where members of the Chabad Jewish Ultra-Orthodox movement ask men to put on phylacteries, or Tefillin - a pair of black leather boxes containing Hebrew parchment scrolls.

far more Chasidish and Yeshivish men put on tefillin and participated in minyan daily. Similarly, a discrepancy was seen between Haredi and modern Orthodox Jews on rituals like prayer after meals ...

Earlier this month, a Chabad spokesman told JNS that amid a “Jewish awakening ... others to lay tefillin has become a new hobby for New Jersey comedian Eli Lebowicz, who is Orthodox.

Lipskar, one of Florida’s most influential Orthodox ... and active Jewish communities in the world .. He was a visionary,” Solomon said. Rabbi Sholom Lipskar puts on Tefillin through prison ...

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, a prominent and empathetic voice on contemporary issues facing Jews in ... participation in tefillin wrapping, assimilation, discrimination and how the Orthodox world treats ...

While wearing tefillin is a traditional practice of Orthodox Jewish men, Rubinstein points out this research did not include any usage of anything containing sacred religious text. He also says ...

Thus, their tefillin, whatever the shape and color, would not reflect the practice of the Pharisees (the “Orthodox” Jews of the time). Let us transplant Adler’s “discovery” to our day ...

It was evident when he founded the Shul of Bal Harbour, a hub for Jewish life known for being an “unorthodox, Orthodox synagogue ... after giving him new tefillin, small boxes with scrolls ...

(New York Jewish Week ... subjects like women’s participation in tefillin wrapping, assimilation, discrimination and how the Orthodox world treats the LGBTQ community — taking positions ...