Tefillin

Last night, you charged your cell phone, your laptop, your ebook reader, your video camera, your hand vacuum, your power drill and your cell phone bluetooth earpiece. Now it's time to charge your Jewish soul--with Tefillin!

A short animated film on how to put on tefillin.

Rabbi and archeologist, Yonatan Adler, tackles a medieval rabbinic debate about the proper arrangement of the parchments within tefillin by comparing these opinions to actual 2,000-year-old phylacteries found in Qumran.

The Talmud says that the verse (Deut. 28:10) "All the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is called upon you" refers to wearing the head tefillin. How does the head tefillin cause G-d's name to be "called upon" the one who wears them?

Larry Goldstein calls the Tefillin Customer Support line, G-fish answers, and, of course, hilarity ensues.

The Tefillin are our connection to G-d, as we submit the thoughts in our mind and our emotions in our heart to G-d.

How to bind the head and arm phylacteries in preparation for prayer.

One should have faith in G-d, for He is the sole ruler of the Jewish people. Checking Mezuzot & Tefillin to assure that they are Kosher strengthens faith and health.

United States law allows an inmate to put on Tefillin.