Teffilin

Less than a day after stabbing attack, Chabad man returns to wrapping tefillin in Manhattan

Yosef, 26, was stabbed on Wednesday while wrapping tefillin and distributing Shabbat candles to Jewish employees in New York City's Diamond District.

Shmuel Cohen (left) takes a break from wrapping tefillin with passersby in New York City's Diamond District on October 23, 2026.
An illustration of Tefillin, August 18, 2025.

Man sentenced to 10 months in prison for urinating near tefillin cabinet, looting charity boxes

Released hostage David Cunio is greeted as he returns to his home in Yavne, last October.

On Passover, former Gaza hostages say freedom 'takes on a different meaning' - interview

Former hostage Segev Kalfon, with his family, in a helicopter on their way to the hospital. October 14, 2025.

‘I’ll shout Shema in New York’: Freed hostage Segev Kalfon launches US Chabad tour


Super Bowl weekend gets a Jewish twist, from Shabbat kiddush to kosher tailgate

From kosher tailgates to blue-square anti-hate campaigns, Jewish communities across the US, and Israel found unique ways to celebrate Super Bowl weekend.

 detail view of the Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots logo on a game ball with Levi's Stadium in the background prior to Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on February 07, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.

Young developer builds “Tefillin timer” app to help Jews stay consistent with daily prayer

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New Trump policy letting federal employees proselytize at work references tefillin

"An employee may keep a Bible on her desk, and may read it during breaks. Similarly, an employee may keep rosary beads or tefillin on her desk,” the memo says.

Attendees wear hats reading "Make America Pray Again" before former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump addresses Christian broadcasters at the National Religious Broadcasters International Christian Media Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 22, 2024.

Ex-hostage Sasha Troufanov wraps tefillin with Russian chief rabbi day after release

After nearly 500 days, Sasha was freed from Gaza captivity. The next morning, he turned to his faith.

 Sasha Troponov meets with the chief rabbi of Russia the morning after his release.

The hidden dangers of STaM: When STaM goes unscrutinized


The necessity of owning our observance and putting passion into it - opinion

It is our responsibility to take ownership of our mitzvot and religious experience. We must find meaning and relevance within the mitzvot we perform,

 AN IDF soldier prays near Kibbutz Be’eri, close to the Gaza border, earlier in the war.

Expanded cardiovascular benefits shown when wearing tefillin - study

Research from the University of Cincinnati shows health benefits from Jewish tradition.

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

The tale of the stolen tefillin

The writer and Rabbi Dan Rosenstein's tefillin were stolen while they were in San Francisco together.

 ONE PERSON helping another put on tefillin, in Kiryat Shmona.

Holocaust museum accused of allegedly smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw

Multiple Polish Holocaust museums also decried Shem Olam’s reported acquisition.

Pair of tefilin with black straps with blue kippah on white wooden background. (illustrative)

How NY sanitation workers helped a Jew go dumpster diving for his tefillin

This wasn’t the first time the department helped someone find a lost pair of tefillin.

  A Jewish worshipper wears Tefillin as he prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 8, 2012. Tefillin, leather straps and boxes containing sacred parchments, are worn by Orthodox Jewish men during morning prayer