Tefillin Online started because I kept getting stopped on the street by guys in suits asking me to put on tefillin.

Eventually I started going to Chabad on and off, and one day the rabbi asked me, “Do you have your own pair?” I said no — they’re expensive. So he offered me a pair in exchange for committing to put them on every day.

I basically knew what to do, but the instructions were thin. One transliteration card. Not much structure. And I kept thinking: this should be easier for people to follow. There are more steps and details involved than I had really absorbed, and I wanted a tool that actually lays everything out clearly.

So I built one.

Tefillin Online spells the process out clearly and gives you real options — different nusachs, timing methods, directional calculations, and ways of practicing that match how different people actually live Judaism.

It’s built to give people a clean, practical tool that works no matter how they approach observance.

Email: alexweiner@alexweiner.com