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Good Morning from Brooklyn

Good morning from Brooklyn, New York. Check out this social distant Shachris. Source: Eli Wohl Photo

The Bar Mitzvah is just a few weeks away and he was supposed to put on tefillin for the first time at the Western Wall. With #coronavirus changing plans everywhere, the event was cancelled. But mom figured out a way to get creative and bring the Western Wall into the house. ♥️ #MazalTov!

Good Morning from China

Enrique Eichner, United pilot on a layover in Chengdu, China

Good Morning from Aconcagua

I wanted to send this picture of my father. He’s at the summit of Aconcagua, one of the tallest mountains in the world. The chabad of Argentina told him that he’s the first and only Orthodox Jew to complete the entire hike to the top! He also completed Kilimanjaro in […]

Good morning from El Nido, Palawan in the Philippines

Good morning from El Nido, Palawan in the Philippines Source: @bentzis @belevechad

Dubai Brit Millah

#MazalTov The first-ever Jewish circumcision ceremony in the history of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took place in the country’s capital of Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Source: StandWithUs

Santorini, Greece

“Maintaining a strong Jewish identity is our strongest tool to combat the hate and antisemitism we face around the globe. עם ישראל חי” – Daniel Marciano — with Daniel Marciano in Santorini, Greece

Jojo and His Dad

“As a parent, the best way to lead is by example. My husband wakes up with a million things on his mind as he approaches the work day – but he always makes time for Tefillin. All 4 of our children have grown up watching him put Tefillin every morning. […]

Shabbat Shalom from London

Source: @tomerhemed

Dad.

Source: @krimsteincartoons

Good Morning from Sardinia

Buon Giorno dalla SardiniaGood Morning from Sardinia “My husband (@yigal_f) and I just got married and we’re currently on our honeymoon in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. My favorite thing since getting married is waking up in the morning to find him wrapping his tefilin. It truly warms my heart and reminds […]

Jerusalem Highway

Spotted on a Jerusalem highway Source: Laura Ben-David

Fier d’etre Juif.

Fier d’etre Juif. Proud to be a Jew. גאה להיות יהודי. Source: Rudy Rochman רודי רושמן

Buongiorno da Roma

Buongiorno da Roma “Wouldn’t be possible without guidance & belief” @sirdbitan

Heading back to L.A. from Tel Aviv with a tefillin layover in Germany

Source: @illulianrealty

Davening on a yacht off the Cote d Azur, France

Father’s Day

This is one of my favorite pictures of my dad. I took this photo several years ago at the airport when we were all flying out to a family simcha together. Wherever and whenever we traveled, if the sun was coming up, my dad was putting on his Talis and […]

View from the Western Wall

View from the Western Wall Source: Avivit Pasternak Mikhli

#MemorialDay

Good Morning from Poland #AmYisraelChai

Good Morning from Poland #AmYisraelChai ✡️ #tefillinforyitzi Source: GO Kosher Travel via Bentzi Sasson — at Auschwitz

Double Bar Mitzvah

Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg, 93, shares the same birthday as his grandson Barry, 39. “I did not have a Bar Mitzvah before World War II, but In 1980 my grandson, Barry, was born. It was my birthday and then 13 years later we had our Bar Mitzvahs together.”

Woah.

Good Morning from Indian Nose Sunrise Hike in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Source: @leibishr

Good Morning from Uganda

Good Morning from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Buhoma Uganda Source: @mjkestenbaum

Good Morning from the Airport.

Good Morning from the Airport. Source: @temima.macklin — in John F. Kennedy International Airport

It is extremely meaningful to be here right now

It is extremely meaningful to be here right now. 5 years ago pretty much to the day, my brothers flew with my fathers body to Israel for a 2nd funeral and burial. There was a man in the back of the Israel funeral that my brothers did not know. It […]

#PrayForIsrael

#prayforisrael Israel Defense Forces soldier praying near the border of Sderot, Israel. Source: Vos Iz Neias

Grand Telfie in Grand Cayman

Good Morning from Grand Cayman ☀️ “This is my brother @josh_eichner. He’s 14 and has never missed a day of teffilin!” Source: @nicole.eichner @tmeichner — at Grand Cayman, Caribbean Islands.

Meet Lilly Friedman.

Lilly Friedman’s wedding was over 60 years ago. She dreamed of being married in a white gown. Ludwig, her 21 year old groom, wondered how was he going to find a dress in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Person’s camp. As fate would have it, a former German pilot walked into […]

“Mashiv HaRuach U’Morid HaGeshem.”

”In Judaism, from this time of the year, we pray for “Mashiv HaRuach U’Morid HaGeshem,” “the One Who makes the wind blow, and makes the rain descend.” In Costa Rica where the rain is plentiful, we still have the thoughtfulness and intention to continue to pray for things we already […]

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