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How Yossi Farro, the 22-year-old tefillin wrapper, chases influential Jews from coast to coast

JL;DR SUMMARY Yossi Farro, a 22-year-old Hasidic Jew from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, utilizes his Instagram platform and energetic persona to encourage influential Jews across the US to participate in the mitzvah of wrapping tefillin. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hasidic JudaismJewish FaithOrthodox JudaismChabad LubavitchSocial MediaLos AngelesTefillinJewish EntrepreneursJewish InfluencersYossi Farro

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Yossi Farro stepped onto the helipad, taking in the panoramic view of Los Angeles: the Hollywood sign in front of him, the skyscrapers of downtown L.A. behind him, all of it surrounded by mountains."
New York, United States
"Farro grew up in New York as a Hasidic Jew, part of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement."
Beverly Hills, California, United States
"Join me as I Wrap the most Powerful Jews in the World, Farros Instagram bio reads. Look through his stories, and youll see actors and startup founders and CEOs. When a major elite gathering is happening, expect to find Farro on the sidelines, such as this weeks Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills."
San Francisco, California, United States
"he was on his way to meet some other people to wrap, before heading to the airport to catch a flight to San Francisco to try to wrap tefillin with Joe Lonsdale"

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