News Highlights The Rabbis, the Stitch, and the Wardrobe

By Adam Zemel
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Check out those threads! A new project co-founded by Hebrew College Rabbinical School alum Rabbi Rafi Ellenson is gaining popularity on Instagram: Rabbinic Fit Check (@rabbinicfitcheck), “a style diary for the rabbinate and beyond.” The instagram account was profiled recently by Jewish Telegraph Agency, the Jewish wire service, where it was picked up and shared widely across the Jewish press. Rabbi Ellenson and his co-founder, Rabbi Arielle Stein, were also interviewed by Stephanie Butnick for the Jewish lifestyle site Golda.

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Rabbi Rafi Ellenson in a dapper red chore coat
Rabbi Rafi Ellenson featured on (@rabbinicfitcheck), December 15, 2025

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