Anyone who has never seen the phylacteries might justifiable be concerned.
It’s really a rare sight as these prayers are to be said upon rising first thing in the morning.
It's really a rare sight as these prayers are to be said upon rising first thing in the morning." <<<<
No, you are mistaken; as has been stated many times on all the threads about this is that the FLIGHT CREW should have known that the 17 year old was an Orthodox Jewish teenager; not only should ALL flight crews be aware of what teffillin look like and what they are, this fact is compounded by the plane was from La Guardia, which is where a HUGE NUMBER of Orthodox Jews regularly fly into and out of, every single day of the year.