what was that thing that he wrapped around his arm and the thing he put on his head. looked like a leather strap before saying some sort of prayer. i'm sure its some sort of hasidic thing but i am curious as to what it represents.
shareIt's tefillin. A ritual object used by observant jews as part of religous observation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin
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LOL, at first I thought he was putting on a tourniquet and was going to shoot up drugs with that other Jewish guy.
shareIf you haven't yet, you may want to read through this thread:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1143896/board/nest/173420904
"He shall be an adder on the path, to bite a horse's heel"share
Non-Orthodox will wear them,though not as often.
I've never layed tefillin and it's rather complex to do so.