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Chabad Lubavitch on Techelet Tzitzit

What is Chabad's stance on whether Murex trunculus is the correct source for techeles? In a word, Lubavitch does not hold by it. For the most part, they continue to wear all-white tzitzit pending "the coming of Moshiach, when Elijah himself will guide us in uncovering the identity of the chilazon." This position may...

Eric Cantor Lays Tefillin at Kotel

by Dan Slobodkin During a recent visit to Jerusalem, Eric Cantor, a Republican congressman from Virginia who became Majority Leader in early January, laid tefillin before praying at the Western Wall. In November his office released a statement saying: “Eric stressed that the new Republican majority will serve as a check on...

Spanish Prison Allows Inmate to Lay Tefillin

By Dan Slobodkin After three weeks without tefillin or kosher food, arrangements have now been made to allow Eli H., who was charged with smuggling drugs into Spain, wear tefillin every day. According to a Chabad website, the fundraiser en route to Costa Rica was tricked into taking...