Thousands of Israelis wrapped tefillin on Wednesday l’illui nishmas the Bibas family at special booths set up before the levaya by Chabad shlichim.
Rabbi Nati Wagner and Rabbi Sharon Gushon from the Beis Chabad in the Rambam neighborhood of Rishon L’Tzion set up tefillin booths in the city, where the levaya began. Thousands of people who stood on the streets to pay their respects took the opportunity to put on tefillin.
Another booth that many people took advantage of was one set up at the Sderot Junction in southern Israel, not far from the Tzohar Beit Kevarot, where the kevurah took place.
Chabad shlichim said about the initiative: “The shlichim at booths across the country reported a particularly high response. Israel’s heart is awake…this is the real remedy for Am Yisrael.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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the Pinteleh Yid is awakening
So putting on tefillin is a new funeral rite of Chabadic religion? I thought a Jew is supposed to do it every day
Wow, what an incredible mitzvah and zechus.
May it not take a tragedy for people to awaken to connect to Hashem, and hopefully many of those inspired now will continue to add in mitzvos throughout their life.
BH. Brilliant & kidush hashem.
@OblikoMorale: You do what you can when you can reach most. Only an Onen is exempt from tefillin, the rest should put on asap. Apropo as well. This was an big outdoor venue, not some private fineral chapel like Shamgar of Shomrei hadas.
Oblikomorale Stop the hating for once gosh. These are lost yidden. Connecting to Hashem and putting on tefillin once is worth the whole world being created. Who cares that they won’t tomorrow? That’s not how this religion works
OblikoMorale it says in brachos 6a that tefillin creates a fear in our enemies when they see we are wearing tefillin. I can’t think of anything more apropos to happen at the Bibas funeral. How special for their neshamos and let Hamas be terrified by this.
But either way about having proper kvana -someone you’re pulling off the street for tefillin; Magen Avroham says if there’s a safek they are having the wrong thoughts they DO put on tefillin. Can we be SURE they’re having the wrong thoughts?
Sifre say that the first time that someone puts on tefillin it is so unique and special there is no way they are having any unholy thoughts.
OblikoMorale,
Who are you to say they’re not mechaven??
Perhapss a holy Jew like yourself says the whole yehi ratzon daily before donning tefilin with all kavanos in mind and never masiach daas for one second with them on …or not. One think I know now for sure: You hate Chabbad with kavana.