Category: 5778
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Lekh Lekha 5778: “The Source of Faith is Faith Alone”
We used to tell visitors that the only kosher restaurant in Princeton was our kitchen. As such, we developed a tradition of hosting the graduating seniors and their parents for a BBQ dinner the evening prior to graduation.…
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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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Yom Kippur 5778: “Auschwitz and Sinai in 5778”
Ten years ago, Sara and I along with “Baby Noam,” were starting our lives as graduate students in Jerusalem. I was learning each day at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Sara was studying at Beit Morashah in Talpiyot,…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 2 5778: “The World Was Created for Me”
Some of you may know that our brothers and sisters in Israel are suffering through an acute crisis right now. It is a crisis that could have been predicted—indeed it was predicted many years ago—and yet…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 1 5778: “Why Good People Disagree”
The opposite of a truth is a lie. But the opposite of a profound truth, is sometimes another profound truth. This quote, attributed to the physicist Neils Bohr, is illustrated by the Torah readings on the…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 