A mentor and trusted colleague of mine from rabbinical school gave me one piece of advice before entering the pulpit: don’t change anything in the first year. While I took his message to heart for just about everything, there was one change that had......
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Introduction to Hineni
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I’ll start by thanking MY teachers, Rabbi Helfand and Rabbi Schatz—for allowing me a few minutes to introduce the words: (Chant) Hineni, hineni he’oni mi’ma’as nirash venifchad mipachad yoshev tehillot Yisrael…. These are the opening words of the prayer (or meditation) used by synagogues......
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