The ancient tefillin were examined using scientific methods. According to Jewish law, the tefillin boxes (Batim) should be colored black (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, 32:40). However, a team of ...

A new grant for Jewish men who want to put Tefillin every day, but can't afford to purchase their own set, was announced last ...

There is also something about tefillin, which involve wrapping leather straps around the arm and head to attach the boxes, that “is so male connected that it’s hard to work through,” said ...

The boxes are based on a line from the biblical Shema prayer, which instructs Jews to “bind” the prayer on their arms and place it between their eyes. Archaeologists have discovered tefillin ...

A moment later she placed a second tefillin box at the front of her head, secured by pre-tied straps. Finally, she recited a prayer acknowledging God’s presence and the commandment to lay tefillin.

Tefillin from about 2,000 years ago in the laboratories of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The Jewish Press web article “New Study Suggests Some Tefillin Boxes Were Not Colored Black 2,000 ...

It connects those who have tefillin — leather straps attached to a set of two small boxes containing scripture on parchment — with Jews who need them for morning prayers or other rituals.

After Twitter storm, Met museum changes tefillin label from amulet to phylactery But archive’s updated term for the leather boxes and straps still doesn’t mention its use in Jewish prayer ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) A religious Jew wearing a series of black boxes and leather straps called tefillin or phylacteries inadvertently set off a bomb scare on a US Airways flight to Kentucky.

The point on the upper arm where the box rests corresponds approximately to Heart 1 (HT1), an important meridian point known for its influence on emotional regulation and spiritual connection.

Amid all the benefits, though, I’ve found one apparent dilemma in my practice of Jewish veganism: the mitzvah of tefillin. Tefillin are the boxes containing scrolls of Torah passages that are ...

David was not about to lose his tefillin, even if it caused him great inconvenience or cost his business a loss. He left the plane, never to reboard. This flight was United #175.