How Judaism's Most Sacred Prayer Object Is Made With 3000-Year-Old Techniques | Still Standing

One of the most sacred objects in Judaism is made of skin from a bull's neck. It’s called tefillin, and each black box contains scrolls that must be written by hand. Now demand for these prayer objects has soared since the latest war in Israel and Gaza that erupted on October 7th. Mostly from less religious Jews, including Israeli soldiers headed into battle. So, what does it say inside these little boxes? And why are so many people trying to get their hands on them?

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00:00 - Intro
01:13 - How Parchment Is Made
01:48 - Why Scribes Can't Make Mistakes
05:33 - Shaping Leather Boxes Can Take Months
10:10 - Where Tefillin Comes From
12:15 - How A War Helped Popularize Tefillin
14:16 - Rabbi Kaplan's Safed Workshop
17:28 - Credits

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[silvertongue]

Wow this was so interesting to watch, I knew about the scroll inside but I always thought it was just a little wooden box.

[tomsawyer]

“It’s done the same way as it was 3, 300 years ago” *said after an airbrush to paint and loads of modern machinery*

[Berkana]

I wonder how many people who don't know what these are misinterpret these boxes strapped to their heads as live-streaming their prayers with GoPro cameras.

[yuribliman]

The world's oldest tefillin was found in Qumran, Judean Desert, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The tefillin probably belonged to one of the Jewish rebels during the Bar Kokhba revolt and is c. 2, 000 years old.

[israeltavor]

At 7:49 Correction : the Temple was not located where is the Al Aqsa mosque is now, but where is the Dome of the Rock. Al Aqsa and Dome of the Rock are two totally different buildings on the Temple Mount.

[EyeOnTheTV]

I thought plumbuses were hard to make....

[wertyvk]

Short correction at 2:55, you say that Torah scrolls contain the entire Hebrew Bible, which is not true. The Torah is only essentially 1/3 of the Hebrew Bible, with the other parts being the Neviim and Ketubim, the Prophets and Writings. The whole collection, what could be called the Hebrew Bible, is the Tanakh. Other than that, amazing video!

[WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot]

He is holding a RAZOR blade😮 flexed into a half circle.. 4:55 I thought it was a ring knife. Precise indeed.

[abaddon]

I’m not Jewish but I was raised by an old Jewish man who served the US Army in WW2. I learned a lot from this man and have always respected the Jewish religion

[erinmalone]

I had no idea those were leather. They look like wood. A lot of pride and work into keeping their faith.

[kinggkongg]

I spent almost a year in a Jewish kosher rehab somehow and the Rabi would always “say if it’s not painful and boring it’s not kosher”

[PickleToothpaste]

I had no idea how much it takes to craft this. I knew it's a quite costly religous object now I know why.

[shamrock]

I'm not Jewish, but found this very interesting. I thought those were made of wood.

[tpmnrcks]

the chalk at 2:08 is johnsons baby powder. that baby powder must be the most divine baby powder ever manufactured.

[AdrTo]

Let's just admire the perfect font calligraphy they create o_0

[joshuaalvarez]

"The same way it was 3, 000 years ago"

- Uses air brushing
- Uses Johnson and Johnson Baby powder
- Uses Hydraulic press
- Uses bandsaw
- Uses sander

[SpottedHares]

That penmanship is better then my printers.

[Otaku]

Drink a shot every time the narrator says something incorrect...

[CrystilBluebird-nlwj]

Wow!
Fascinating, complex, and intricate cratmenship!
Its amazing how much work goes into making Tefillin!
Great video!

[SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

This was a fascinating video. Thank you for sharing it!❤