Taken in the busy Machane Yehuda market place in Jerusalem, this boy is being shown how to wrap tefillin around his arm. Most likely, he is about to turn 13 and will have his bar mitzvah soon. Deuteronomy 6:5-8 commands Orthodox and some Conservative men wrap special prayer boxes called tefillin on their arms and heads as a reminder of their relationship with G-d. We saw these guys everywhere, especially at the Wall, asking men if they had fulfilled the mitzvah of tefillin that day.
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