The Lens
Sandak with a Plexiglas shield
Last month, Rav Chaim Kanievsky resumed serving as sandak once again after an eight-month break. And this week, Slabodka Rosh Yeshivah Rav Dov Landau accepted the requests of his grandchildren and agreed to serve as sandak for a new great grandson — but from behind a Plexiglas shield, while wearing gloves.
It was a stirring image, the power of mesorah and connectivity with the past, fused with innovation necessitated by the contemporary reality we’re living through today.
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 844)
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