At Congregation Zichron Mordechai in Teaneck, a line starts to form every Shabbat after the minyanim with people who want to greet Rabbi Michael Taubes and ask him a question. “When you ask him a shaila, he is gentle in his message,” said shul president Joe Berkowitz. “He presents it very carefully, thoughtfully and kindly.
When Racheli Taubes, rebbetzin and yoetzet halacha at Mount Sinai Jewish Center in Washington Heights, received a WhatsApp message from local resident Sara Schreier, she never imagined it would turn into a community-wide gathering of over 100 women.