Chabad intern Yossi Farro wrapped tefillin with Jake Paul, wants to wrap Jewish celebrities Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Mark ...

The picture gained some traction in Jewish circles, he said. The chance encounter marked the first instance of Farro’s mission to put tefillin on Jewish celebrities around the US, an effort he ...

Providers offer their tefillin to those making the request within a radius of 20 miles. The app’s creator, a follower of the Chabad Hasidic movement named Shimon — he said he did not want to ...

It’s not unusual to see Chabadniks wrapping tefillin around men’s arms, and reciting and explaining the blessings, but it’s less familiar when the setting is prison and the pupils are convicts.

This message of hope – that all is not lost and that one can always climb back from a spiritual morass without needing years to do so – is a vital lesson that is important to remember every day of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One of the most sacred objects in Judaism is made of skin from a bull's neck. It's called tefillin, and each black box contains scrolls that must be written by hand.

Just after being released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, Sasha Troufanov was visited by Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar who ...

Berel Lazar, who lobbied to obtain Sasha Troufanov's release, instructed him on how to perform the religious rite for the first time.

The revelation came through a tweet from Chabad Rabbi Yossi Farrow, a social media influencer known for wrapping tefillin on celebrities. “Yes, it’s true @jakepaul is Jewish! And we just ...