Businessman sets up tefillin stand in mall – and gets slapped with a 5,000 shekel fine

Businessman Naor Baruch set up a tefillin stand at a mall in central Israel and received a 5,000 shekel fine from the police. According to him, nearly 100 men put on tefillin at the location. Baruch published a video documenting the confrontation and called for advancing a law for freedom to lay tefillin in public spaces.

Businessman Naor Baruch set up a stand for laying tefillin at a mall in central Israel and received a 5,000 shekel fine from the police. According to him, nearly 100 men put on tefillin at the location. In a video he published, police officers are seen asking him to leave and threatening a fine, and Baruch responds that he is willing to pay. The officers explained that it was due to mall regulations. Baruch published a message in which he linked the incident to his initiative to promote a law for freedom to lay tefillin in public spaces, and claimed that it is the right of Jews to observe their customs. The article is based on Baruch's statements and does not include the police or mall's version.