It literally criminalizes non-Orthodox prayer,’ said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S.

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During Korban Pesach, the houses themselves assumed the character of a “private Mizbeach" (see Pesachim 96a). The Targum Yonatan (Shmot 19:4) even brings a midrash that Am Yisrael were carried to the ...

The suspects' arrests were extended until Wednesday, and one additional suspect, aged 12, was granted conditional release, ...

A police motorcycle set on fire this afternoon during mass Haredi riots in Bnei Brak contained tefillin and a prayer book in its luggage box, police say. The items were burned in the attack, police ...

Tefillin are an ote (a sign) for Israel-a symbol and marker that expresses their essence. They have a dual expression. On the one hand, they express our status as servants subjugated to the Master of ...

Tefillin are small leather cases containing miniscule parchment scrolls inscribed with biblical verses. They are worn even today by observant Jews as part of their morning prayers. Jewish wearers of ...

As a campus Chabad rabbi, Hersh Loschak often approaches students asking if they want to wrap tefillin. It’s a powerful Jewish ritual. It can also be completed in minutes. Yet after Oct. 7, Rowan ...

(JNS) Despite reports of Jews being fearful to display their faith outwardly amid rising antisemitism globally, so many Jews are reconnecting with their faith that supplies are short, according to the ...

“Putting on tefillin is hot,” says Cindy Seni, one of the contestants on Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking. “Every Jewish woman, I don’t know what it is about tefillin, but we’re obsessed with it.” I don’t ...

Jewish ritual and religious tradition of praying with tefillin can improve heart health in men, reports a new study. Research from the University of Cincinnati shows people who wear tefillin, leather ...