Tefillin are reminders of God's laws.

A step-by-step guide to putting on tefillin to pray in the morning.

The clothing of Jewish prayer.

What should I be looking for?

Evidence from Qumran shows that the medieval debate about the order of biblical passages in tefillin has ancient roots.  

Why do we tap the mezuzah first and then kiss our hands?

The seventh leader of the Chabad Hasidic sect built a global outreach movement.

The details of this precept, using powerful symbols of allegiance to divine law and of membership in the Jewish religious community, have been subject to many interpretations.

When I lived in Nashville I got used to the people at the airport pulling out my tefillin and getting ...

Some interpretations of the meaning of tefillin have faded, and others have been invented to take their place.