Psalm 120: What is the ‘maala’ (Ascent) about which this psalm and the next 14 convey? Is it an emotional rise? An historical reference? A spiritual uplifting? Perhaps it is all of the above.
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...