Jack Zev Reichman z”l

4 Tevet 5711 – 5 Tevet 5767

Mishna Study for Jack

On the shloshim of Jack’s passing friends and family completed a study of the entire Mishna in honor of Jack. During the year we hope to publish 12 Mishna study pages in honor of Jack.

• Issue 1 – Tractate Eduyot (Spelling of Mishna, When the Guard was removed from the study hall – beit midrash , A note on titles applied in the Mishna)
• Issue 2 – Tractate Megilla (Reading the Megilla from a sitting position, Hedonism as a Lifestyle Choice in the Megilla, Missing Dialog in the Megilla)
• Issue 3 – More Tractate Megilla (Purim and the Halllel mystery -- do we read praise, lekro Hallel, or do we praise?)
• Issue 4 – Tractate Moed Katan (The Mishna and the Mentsch, “Make Work” for the Poor, What is a Mentsch?)
  This issue also available in HTML.
• Issue 5 – The Mathematician and the Mishna (or, Allocation of Assets in The Case of Bankruptcy). This issue also available in HTML.
• Issue 6 – Tractate Chagiga: Relaxing the Rules to Avoid Enmity. Second in the series The Mishna and the Mentsch. What happens when issues of ritual purity and impurity impact pilgrims during the festivals and inhibit social cohesion? This issue also available in HTML.
• Issue 7 – Tractate Baba Metzia: Competition, Dumping, or Price Collusion In the Mishna . Is the mishna in favor of unfettered free competition? Is the mishna concerned only with the welfare of consumers, or is the mishna concerned with merchants earning a fair living? This issue also available in HTML.
• Issue 8 – Tractate Brachot: Attributing Motive to the Mitzva:Character refinement in the Mishna . Or, maybe not. The case of sending away the mother bird before taking eggs or chicks from the nest. This issue also available in HTML.
• Check back soon to see new issues, including Privacy in the MIshna and Buying Futures in Marriage Contracts.

The Jack Zev Reichman Endowed Scholarship Fund at the Jerusalem College of Technology

The fund supports students in the "Ethiopians for Engineers" program at the Jerusalem College of Technology. With over 50 alumni, and some 94 students in various stages of the program, the scholarship fund is helping making a difference in the lives of the students and their extended families by opening doors to knowledge, breaking the cycle of poverty, and empowering our Ethiopian brothers and sisters to reach leadership positions in industry and finance, science and government. Click here to learn more.

More Reading About Jack

Read about Jack’s Gemara in a letter from the daf yomi chaburah of Congregation Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park.

Read Jack’s article in Literary Magic online about Mathematical Linguistics: "Could a monkey write Shakespeare?"

This page last updated:January 21, 2008 /14 Shvat 5768