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Chaim Kofinas adjusts the tefillin

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Father Chaim Kofinas adjusts the tefillin on his son’s head, thus helping him fulfill the commandment “And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes” (Deuteronomy 6:8), an obligation that begins when one become a Bar Mitzvah. Many years earlier Chaim also celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue.

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Chaim Kofinas adjusts the tefillin on his son’s head
Father Chaim Kofinas adjusts the tefillin on his son’s head, thus helping him fulfill the commandment “And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes.” (Deuteronomy 6:8), an obligation that begins when one become a Bar Mitzvah. Many years earlier Chaim also celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Kehila Kdosha Janina Synagogue.
Father Chaim Kofinas adjusts the tefillin on his son’s head, thus helping him fulfill the commandment “And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes.”…
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