Set of tefillin acquired by a Soviet Jewish soldier

Shimon Meszel was born to a Jewish family. During World War II (1939-1945), he served in the Soviet Army. Shimon was stationed in 1943 in Kharkov, Russia (Kharkiv, Ukraine). He emigrated to Israel, where he married Klara Gorysznik, born on February 1, 1926, in Warez, Poland (Varyazh, Ukraine). The couple settled in Bat Yam, Israel. No restrictions on access Pair of tefillin purchased by Shimon Meszel, a Jewish soldier in the Soviet Army, for five rubles in Kharkov, Russia, in 1943. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Shimon eventually emigrated to Israel.