Category: Pinchas
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Pinhas 5785: Audacious Humility
Imposing limits is a Divine power. One of the names of God, Shadai, is understood to refer to God’s role in creation as the One who said “dai” – “enough” to hem in the waters above…
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Pinhas 5784: Prayers for Peace
It is wonderful to be back with you all in shul. My time in Israel was thought provoking and rewarding and I know I will be processing my reactions for many weeks to come. I am…
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Pinchas 5782: “Crises & Routine Failures”
When Moshe asked God to designate Moshe’s successor, whom did Moshe have in mind? וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־ה לֵאמֹר׃ יִפְקֹד ה אֱ-לֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת לְכׇל־בָּשָׂר אִישׁ עַל־הָעֵדָה׃ And Moshe said to God as follows: Let the LORD, Source…
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Pinchas 5781: “The Seventy Nations & the Jews”
Elevator banks in large buildings are now controlled by sophisticated software that determines the most efficient way to deploy elevators to people who want to use them. Send the elevator on the fourth floor to p;ick…
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Pinchas 5779: “To These Will I Give the Land”
The quest for authenticity is one of the enduring challenges of living as social beings within a community. We are constantly judging one another and being evaluated by one another and noticing the actions and character…
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Pinchas 5778: “Transitions”
When I was in yeshiva I was told a cautionary tale of a rabbi who got into a great deal of trouble when he was caught with an entire filing cabinet in his office that was…
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Pinchas 5776: “The Audacity of Leadership”
The least appreciated verse in the Torah must be “וידבר ה׳ אל משה לאמור“ The second least appreciated verse in the Torah is… “וידבר ה׳ אל משה לאמור.“ And the third least appreciated verse in the…
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Pinchas 5775: “Becoming Eliyahu”
I. Once upon a time there was once a wealthy merchant who was obsessed with stories about Eliyahu HaNavi – Elijah the Prophet. One year before Pesach he spoke to his rabbi and complained that for all of…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 