I need to make a meeting with my expert. Hopefully that will happen this week. I am almost done with the 1st part of my research. I asked my dad why he puts on his Tefillin, what meaning does it have to him. How he replied was partly expected.
“Because god commanded me to, and it’s a way I can connect with him.” But there was one more thing he said that surprised me.
“Every time I put on my Tefillin I feel as if my father is with me again. It’s a way I can connect to my past.” At that time I realized that Tefillin is so much more than some ritual. It’s a way that Jews connect to each other, every morning we all bind ourselves to god, to each other.
Why is this connection important, Eli? Why do you think connecting to the past (for you, or your father, or for Jewish people generally) is important, and how is the Tefillin the symbol for that connection?
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