The Satmar Rebbe, as recorded in the sefer Yirei Hashem, ruled that it is halachically forbidden to put on Tefillin for Chilonim — a direct criticism of the Chabad initiative.
Yes, I know it sounds unbelievable, but in Satmar, this kind of ruling is par for the course.
Take this case: a young student, whose brother was badly injured in Gaza, wanted to put on Tefillin in his brother’s merit. He even recruited other boys to join him. Yet the school’s menhalim, apparently mindful of the Satmar “fatwa,” refused to allow it.
And here’s the irony: I can already hear people saying, “See, the Chilonim are against Tefillin.” But they conveniently ignore the fact that Satmar itself has officially taken that stance too.
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