There is not a living celebrity, politician, athlete, or entertainer who has had more selfies taken with them than Rav Chaim
Many years ago, this magazine published a yearly offering of Purim satire, a few pages of parody disguised as news.
This was back when laughing at yourself was okay, before people took to the new sport of claiming victimhood and announcing how offended they were by whatever joke it was.
Covid, it turns out, steals not just the sense of smell, but also the sense of humor, and these days, it’s risky to make jokes. The Kichels do it, but they’re the Kichels, and also, they probably don’t read the letters to the editor.
Anyhow, in one of those Purim parodies we published years ago, we included a joke item about a Madame Tussaud’s-like wax museum featuring figures of gedolei Yisrael. This museum would provide a win-win solution for Klal Yisrael: Tourists could get the pictures and poses they wanted, while the gedolim could continue doing what they wanted, which is to learn Torah.
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