Psalm 39 is dedicated to the psalmist holding his tongue and the struggle he had with that, while suffering at the hands of detractors, enemies, evildoers.
An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rabbi Avi Baumol is serving the Jewish community of Krakow as it undergoes a revitalization as part of a resurgence of Jewish awareness in Poland. He graduated Yeshiva University and Bernard Revel Graduate School with an MA in Medieval Jewish History, and semicha from RIETS. He served as a rabbi in Vancouver, British Colum...