 He recounts that at the same time, he started praying, getting himself a prayer book and prayer shawl.He learned of the Orthodox Jewish Carlebach Shul synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, and he began attending religious services every Sabbath, as well as wearing a yarmulke (head covering) and tzitzit (a fringed undergarment).It was then that he met NYU's Chabad rabbi, Dov Yonah Korn.