Guest Brings a Friend Brings a Friend: What Happens When a Secular Guy Asks a Chabadnik to Put on Tefillin?
Mendy Toledano, a Chabad hasid, was shocked to see a young man on the train offering passengers to put on tefillin. Why did the young man remove his kippah, and how did Toledano react in that moment? Find out in the article below.
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Here's a story: Mendy Toledano, a Chabad hasid traveling by train, was shocked to see a young man passing through the carriages offering passengers the chance to put on tefillin. One of the passengers accepted the offer, but since he didn't have a kippah, the young 'mezakeh harabim' decided to remove his own kippah so the secular young man could fulfill the important mitzvah.
And what does a Chabad hasid do when he sees a religious Jew without a kippah? Quite simply: he gives his own kippah to the 'mezakeh harabim.'
This is how Toledano described the event, alongside the picture that was shared on social media. "The nice young man in the middle went through the train with his tefillin and offered tefillin to every passenger. The young man on the right accepted the request, and the young man with the tefillin gave him his kippah so he could put on tefillin – and he himself remained without a kippah. When I saw what happened, I got up to give him my kippah, and I put a beret on my head."
What do you think about this?