Article: A modern orthodox high school in New York, SAR, has granted permission to two girls to put on tefillin, also known as phylacteries, during all female prayer services each morning. Admitting it is a "communally complicated issue," the school's rabbi also said that he believed the girls were in compliance with Orthodox Jewish law (Halacha), because they have taken on the obligation to put on tefillin every day and have already been doing it every day, just without permission. One of the girls, a junior at the school, has been putting on tefillin every morning since her Bat Mitzvah. The other girl, a sophomore, has also been doing it every morning since her Bat Mitzvah and is following in the example of her mother, who does the same thing. The girls say they like to keep putting on tefillin because it makes them feel closer to God. Under orthodox law, praying with tefillin is an obligation each day for boys; girls are not forbidden to do so but rabbis disagree on whether or not they should. According to some, Rashi's daughters (one of the most famous of all Jewish rabbis in history) put on tefillin each day; this was in the 11th century.
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