Learning to use
tefillin brings
generations
together.
David Sachs
Senior Copy Editor
Angie Baan
Staff Photographer
T
he leather straps of tefillin are
meant to tie the Jewish nation
closer to the Creator.
And events like the World Wide Wrap
held recently at several local Conservative
synagogues also can cement the genera-
tions together in their family worship.
On Sunday, Feb. 3, members of
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield met before morning minyan,
and those who put on tefillin daily helped
those not as familiar.
As the worshipers chanted the blessings,
placing the leather boxes on their fore-
heads and biceps and winding the straps
around their arms and dangling them
from their heads, the Jewish spirit trans-
ferred from generation to generation.
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Above: Josh Davidson, 16, of West Bloomfield
watches as his father, Steven, shows him how
the tefillin straps are configured on the hand.
Top right: Beth Ahm Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
explains the meaning of tefillin use.
Bottom right: Paul Darmon of Farmington Hills
assists his son Zach, 15, in placing one of the
two tefillin boxes.
March 6 • 2008
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