For most of my life, I have yearned to be a rabbi. Now, thanks to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, I will finally, at nearly 68, begin that adventure. I’m honored and humbled to share that I have been accepted into the Inaugural Cohort of HUC-JIR’s new Virtual Pathway to the Rabbinate, a low residential program with syncronyous and asyncroynous classes. Please wish me luck and good Torah.
On Acceptance into Rabbinical School
God of our ancestors,
With humility and wonder
I embark on the path
Of becoming a teacher of Your Torah
And a voice of Your word,
Yearning to receive wisdom
Handed from one generation to another,
To become a link in the chain
Of rabbinic insight and understanding
In wonderous service to the Jewish people
And all of creation.
Let my yearning for You grow.
Let my desire to serve overflow.
Let me be worthy of this endeavor,
In Your sight and in eyes of my teachers,
To receive their blessing and Yours,
So that I become a beacon of light
Shining Torah throughout the world.
ונאמר: כּי נר מצוה ותורה אור
As it is said: For a mitzvah is a lamp, and Torah is light (Proverbs 6:23).
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