These men are participating in a ancient ritual, where a person raps a box with a prayer around their head and arm. This is one more way Orthodox men (women are not supposed to do this) remember God and the commandments. In Israel Orthodox men stand on street corners, in markets, in bus stations, trying to get non-religious men to put on Tefillin. I loved seeing the soldiers stop in the bus stations with their bag beside them, guns strapped to their back, putting on Tefillin. It was like for a moment they took a break in the mist of the chaos of the station.
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