WATCH: Rabbi Leo Dee arrested for wearing tefillin on Temple Mount hours before his wedding

Just hours before remarrying, Rabbi Leo Dee—who lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack—was seized by police on the Temple Mount for donning tefillin and barred from the site for a week.

Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a 2023 terror attack, was detained at the Temple Mount while wrapping tefillin ahead of his wedding later today.

Police banned him from the site for one week, extendable up to six months.

This video Rabbi Dee dancing in celebration, shortly before he was arrested.

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