March 9, 2025

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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 [email protected] and we’ll publish the best and most creative answers a week later. Have fun!

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Ki Teitzei

Hi! Last week’s links were Thor hammers, which look an awful lot like gavels, which are held by judges, which was the name of the

Shoftim

Hi! Last week’s eagle-head cufflinks were slightly more difficult than a layup, but not quite a logo three. More like a floater in the paint.

Re’eh

Hi! Last week’s footprint links threw you for a loop, didn’t they? Hint: I went for heteronym wordplay there. “Eikev” also means “heels,” which stared

Eikev

Hi! Last week’s links were the national flag(s) of Israel, because the parsha contained so many references to the Children of Israel and the Good

Vaetchanan

Hi! Did you figure out that last week’s little wrist-choshens were in reference to the “matot” of Klal Yisroel? Of course you did; you’re smart.

Devarim

Hi! Last week’s links were the little choshens (Choshenim? Could there be a plural if only one existed?), representing the “matot” of Klal Yisroel. I

Pinchas

Hi! I think more people played The Cufflink Game with me over last Shabbat than ever did before! Thanks for not being shy, y’all! If

Balak

Hi! Were you able to decipher that the cufflinks last week were little cans of Red Bull? Could I have given an easier possible clue

Chukat

Hi! Were you able to decipher what the links were last week? I took hi-res pictures! They were globes, representing the Earth, which swallowed up

Korach

Hi! Did you deduce from all my puns that the New York Giants symbols on last week’s cufflinks were in reference to the anakim in

Shelach

Hi! Last week’s cufflinks were the menorah, which the parsha spent the first few pesukim discussing. Lots of folks told me they couldn’t quite make

Behaalotecha

Hi! I davened in a different shul last Shabbat morning to attend a simcha, and during the kiddush, EVERYone approached me to give me their