Zvi Apr/May 2000

Here in Israel, many people believe that if they perform good deeds (mitzvot), heaven will be opened to them. They say that repentance and good deeds will shield them from retribution. So they are very busy trying to be righteous. How do they do this? They go to men and put phylacteries on their heads. You can see these “righteous ones,” as they call themselves, doing these things in the ma