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Rabbi Leo Dee Detained for Donning Tefillin on Temple Mount, Marries That Night in Efrat

Police issued a one-week exclusion order under rules limiting overt prayer at the contested site.

Overview

  • Video and local reports show the 53-year-old rabbi stopped by police Sunday morning after he put on tefillin on the Temple Mount.
  • Following a hearing, Israeli police barred him from the compound for one week, with a note that the order could be extended up to six months.
  • Hours later, Dee wed Aliza Teplitsky, 43, in Efrat in a ceremony led by community rabbis with participation from his family.
  • The incident comes against the backdrop of Dee losing his wife Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina in a 2023 terrorist attack in the Jordan Valley.
  • Footage of the detention circulated widely on social media, including posts by Arutz 7, amplifying public attention to the episode.