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Thursday, January 21, 2010 

Tefillin is a "device"?

Before I get around to what I think would make a more fitting description for this concept in Judaism, what happened? A plane flying from New York to Louisville landed in Philadelphia and was delayed because a Jewish teen's tefillin prayers caused a bomb scare (Hat tip: Political Pistachio). See what the Islamist aggression has led to? Fear of even religious prayer items even for Judaism.

But are tefillin a device, as they say? I don't know if that's how to describe them. Maybe as a prayer accessory or a concept, but because tefillin don't serve the same purpose as say, a screwdriver or a pliers, I don't think you can call them a device. It's a small leather and wooden box with paper inside with biblical texts.

I'm glad the boy was cooperative. It's still a shame this had to happen.

Others on the subject include NY's Funniest Rabbi, Maggie's Notebook, Prairie Pundit, Vos iz Neias, The Astute Bloggers, Isreally Cool, Muqata.

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