July 3, 2025

Linking Northern and Central NJ, Bronx, Manhattan, Westchester and CT

Linking Northern and Central NJ, Bronx, Manhattan, Westchester and CT

Martin Bodek

For years now, Martin Bodek has been wearing cuff links themed to the week’s parsha, to stimulate conversation around the Shabbat table. Naturally, it begged for a wider audience, and The Jewish Link seems like a perfect home—especially in name. Every week, we’ll present the cuff links, and you tell us how it ties in to the parsha of the week. E-mail your guesses, educated and otherwise, to thejewishcufflink@jewishlink.news and we’ll publish the best and most creative answers a week later. Have fun!

Articles by Martin Bodek

Korach

Hi! Last week’s Cufflink Game players were evenly split. Half of you knew the “NY” symbol represented the Giants, and the other half named every

Shelach

Hi! Last week’s cufflinks were the Israeli currency that has the menorah on it, because that’s what the Kohen lit in the mishkan, and the

Behaalotcha

Hi! Last week’s cuff links were the barber poles, in reference to the nazir, who’s shaving is part of his ritual process to reintegrate with

Naso

Hi! Hope you had a great chag. You figured last week’s Israel-flag cufflinks were in references to the banners the children of Israel camped under,

A Generation of Fighters

Reviewing: “They Were Fighters: Oral Histories of Jews Leaving the Soviet Union” by Yanina Kisler. Elevator Pitch Publishing, December 5, 2024. Paperback. 359 pages. ISBN-13:

Bamidbar

Hi! Last week’s cufflinks were the dollar signs, because—as so many of you knew clearly—Parshat Behar is filled to the brim with financial considerations. Sales,

Behar-Bechukotai

Hi! Did you interpret last week’s rebus successfully? Many of you did! Nice going! It was the speaker and choshen combination, which is the translation

Emor

Hi! Did you get that last week’s Miami Heat logo cuff links were related to the multiple mentions of burnings, fire and korbanot throughout the

Acharei Mot/Kedoshim

Hi! Last week’s links were the doves, because turtledove korbanot were featured in both parshiyot. Tada! Now I got a great one for y’all this

Tazria-Metzora

Hi! Last week’s cufflinks were the mice (mine were the computer version) which were one of the many creatures listed in the parsha that impart

Shemini

By Martin Bodek Hi! How was Pesach for you? Good? Great! Been a while since we last played. What were the last cufflinks? Ah yes,

Tzav

Hi! Did you er, “grasp” that last week’s hand-gesture cufflinks were the Kohen’s hand formation for the meal offering? You did? Nice! You must be