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Rabbi Shmuel Goldin

Rabbi Shmuel Goldin is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, N.J., and past president of the Rabbinical Council of America. He currently lives in Jerusalem.

To lead meaningful Jewish lives, our personal journeys must be actively shaped by the events and populated by the personalities of our peoples’ past.
As we begin the new year, the silence of Cheshvan seems deafening. And yet, upon consideration, our calendar makes complete sense.
I waited with trepidation to experience the power of this first “Yizkor” … only to be let down. “This is it?” I wondered as I looked at the text.