Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a photo of himself putting on Tefillin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a photo of himself putting on Tefillin – the very first time he is photographed wearing them in public, drawing excited responses on social media.

Bibi wrote the following along with the photo: “Ruchama, the mother of Moshiko (Moshe) Davino, H’yd, who fell in Operation Protective Edge, brought me his tefillin. The tefillin that were with him all the time amid the battles are the only thing that survived the inferno in which Moshiko fell. The smell of gunpowder still lingers on the tefillin cover.

“I promised Ruchamah that I would put on the tefillin l’ilui nishmas Moshiko and l’illui nishmas all our fallen ones. That’s what I’m doing today out of holy reverence. May the memory of our martyrs be blessed and enshrined in our hearts forever.”