Credits
Editors
Editor in Chief: Barry Dov Walfish
Associate Editors: Mark Frydenberg, Aviva Richman, Ben Dreyfus
Artwork and Design
Shoshana Walfish created the illustrations in the bencher.
Joe Buchwald Gelles designed the bencher.
Mark B. Frydenberg designed the cover.
In Gratitude
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of L’chu N’ra·n’nah! will be donated to the National Havurah Committee, the organization through which the editors first met.
This bencher was first created in honor of the wedding of Miriam-Simma Walfish and Michael Rosenberg. A condensed version has since been used by several friends for their weddings.
The editors would like to thank Ray Scheindlin, and Miriam-Simma Walfish for helpful comments, and Mordechai Walfish, Tzemah Yoreh, and especially Yael Richardson for proofreading. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to Shoshana Walfish for her lovely illustrations and to Joe Buchwald Gelles for his excellent work on the bencher’s layout and design.
Bios
Barry Dov Walfish is Judaica Specialist at the University of Toronto Library and a faculty member of the Centre for Jewish Studies and the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. He is author/editor of several books and scholarly essays on the history of Jewish biblical interpretation and the Jewish Karaite sect. He is one of the editors of Siddur Chaveirim Kol Yisraeil. He has been been active in the Havurah movement for over twenty years, and has taught at several NHC Summer Institutes and regional retreats.
Mark Frydenberg is an editor of Siddur Chaveirim Kol Yisraeil, and a student of creative liturgy. His version of Tefilat Geshem: Verses for our Mothers written in 1993 has since been published at RitualWell.org and in Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope, and is in use in several congregations. Mark is the current co-chair and a past chair of the National Havurah Committee, and has taught at several of its Summer Institutes and retreats. He was recognized by the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts in 2000 with its K’lal Yisrael Award for his work in bringing together communities in the Boston area across denominational boundaries.
Aviva Richman is a Jewish educator who has studied at the Pardes Kollel, the Drisha Scholars’ Circle and Yeshivat Hadar. She is a lifetime participant in the havurah movement.
Ben Dreyfus is a Ph.D. student in physics at the University of Maryland. He is a founder of Kol Zimrah in New York, and serves on the board of the National Havurah Committee. He blogs at mahrabu.blogspot.com and jewschool.com .
