Rabbi Shepard himself designed it and then proceeded to cut every single piece of wood
For Rabbi Hillel Shepard, the mesivta’s innovative menahel, chinuch — every part of it — is personal. The success of the great rabbanim of Cincinnati has been the way the Torah and its every word is cherished and revered, and the aron kodesh in the new mesivta will reflect that: Rather than give architects a free hand in designing it, Rabbi Shepard himself designed it and then proceeded to cut every single piece of wood.
As Chazal say, “Do not read it as ‘banayich — sons of Torah,’ but as ‘bonayich — builders of Torah.’ ” Literally.
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 866)
