And all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Hashem; and they shall be afraid of you. {28:10}
“...That the Name of Hashem is called upon you” - Rabbi Eliezer Hagodol said: This refers to the Teffilin on the head. (Berachos 6)
If this were true, it would seem that the Gentiles should fear every Yid who puts on Teffilin. Why, then, is this not the case today?
The Kedushas Levi says: “The text reads not שעל הראש, ‘the Teffilin (that are) on the head,’ but שבראש, ‘the phylacteries (that are) in the head.’ Only if the Teffilin are not merely reposing on the head of the Jew, but are also deeply ingrained in his mind - only if the Jew will constantly recall and ponder what the Teffilin are meant to teach us, will the Gentiles “be afraid of you.” Only a Yid of that sort is capable of inspiring such awe among the Gentiles that they will not find it in their hearts to harm him.
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