The AIWAC prize

I hereby announce the AIWAC prize, an award given by one judge (myself) for contributions to Judaism made in the great State of Israel. The contributions can be social, cultural or religious. Each prize will contain a theme, and is not limited to one recipient.

This post's theme: Making Jewish sources user-friendly and accessible

After long deliberation, I have decided to award the prize to the following people:

1) Rav Pinchas Kehati - for his seminal work in explaining the entire Mishna in easy-to-understand terms.

2) Rav Adin Steinzaltz - for his monumental bi'ur of the entire Shas, which is set to be finished this year.

3) The Da'at Mikra team - For making the entire Tanakh, book by book, come to life.

Honorable mention also goes out to Rav Shlomo Tal, creator of the widely used Rinat Israel siddur.

To all of you, those who are with us and those who have passed on, I say yashar co'ach for having made such a tremendous contribution to the spread of Torah.