January 7, 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!

Articles by Martin Bodek

The Parsha Cuff Link

Hi! Last week’s cufflinks were compasses, and many of you got it exactly right when identifying that the journeys from and to Canaan and Egypt

Parsha Cuff-Link

Last week’s cufflinks were bitcoins, and several folks were spot on with their noting the cash transactions happening throughout the parsha, plus coins in sacks

Miketz

Last week was more of a doozy than I thought it would be. The cufflinks said “Real Men Wear Pink.” Joseph was a real man,

Parshat Vayeishev

Hi! So many of you were spot on with the crossed-swords cufflinks that if I were to list them all, they’d break out of this

Parshat Vayishlach

Hi there! Last week’s cufflinks were simple, but a doozy. Lots of folks played over e-mail and in real life, but only two of you

The Parsha Cuff Link

Thanks for playing with such passion, everybody! Last week’s cuff links had two links to the parsha, and nearly everyone got the color part right

The Parsha Cuff-Link: Chayei Sarah

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

The Parsha Cuff-Link

For years now, Martin Bodek has been wearing cufflinks themed to the week’s parsha to stimulate conversation around the Shabbat table. Naturally, it begged for

The Parsha Cuff-Link: Noach

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Parsha Cuff-Link! This new series invites kids to connect the featured cufflink in the picture below to the parsha of