When Molly Moses graduated from Harvard University in 2011, she wanted to pray each day wearing tefillin. But she couldn’t afford the several hundred dollar investment required to buy a pair of the ...

In other words, the lived experience of tefillin often emphasizes the container and the command more than the semantic ...

On December 8, 2013, SAR High School principal Rabbi Naphtali Harcsztark permitted students Ronit Morris and Yael Marans to lay tefillin in the school’s daily women’s prayer group, allowing them to do ...

Tefillin are a sign for Israel-that is, a symbol and marker that expresses their very essence. The passages of the tefillin ...

Could we create vegan tefillin? By vegan tefillin, I do not, of course, mean tefillin made from corn. That would not fulfill the holy mitzvah. But could we ensure that our Jewish ritual objects, which ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) – On a bustling street corner in downtown Jerusalem earlier this month, a group of determined Jewish women performed a commandment long reserved for men. Standing in front of a table ...

At a time when our People is torn and rife with dissent, the Kesher Tefillin Project stands as a modest and humble testimony ...

On Jan. 21, a plane was diverted after a flight attendant noticed a “ suspicious passenger” strap an object to his wrist and his head. The culprit? Tefillin, prayer accessories for observant Jews. In ...

The status quo at the site has generally barred Jewish visitors from bringing religious items such as prayer books and ...