Category: Noach
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Noach 5786: Family, Nation Kehilah
I vividly remember pushing Noam in a stroller in a crowded Washington Heights pharmacy on a Friday afternoon when he was perhaps four months old. I turned a corner and his stroller bumped into another stroller…
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Noach 5783: “Ambiguity”
One festive day when we lived in Princeton we joined many of our students to celebrate a hachnasat sefer Torah – the dedication of a new Torah scroll that was sponsored by a Jewish organization on…
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Noach 5781: “And the Dove Returned”
Last Friday afternoon, a short time before Shabbat began, I received a letter and package in the mail that has been a source of encouragement and hope during the past week. Here is the letter: “Since…
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Noach 5778: “How to Grow Up and Why”
When our eldest child Noam was 6 months old or so, a professional mentor of mine saw him and said, “Oh what a cute baby! It’s so great when they are at an age when it is…
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Noach 5777: “A Window for the Ark”
Earlier this week I witnessed several heated disagreements on social media that were each about the very same controversial topic. Each conversation began with someone whom I know presenting his opinion on this particular controversial and sensitive…
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Noach 5775: “The Inclination of the Human Heart is Towards Evil”
It has been noted that in ancient times, people were more bothered by the philosophical challenge of “rasha v’tov lo” the prospering of the wicked. In modern times, we tend to be more bothered by the…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 