Abstract
I would like to address you, both hearers and readers, from an inner place that is not the locus of most rabbinical convention speeches or journal articles. My opening פסוק for this address is Psalm 42:8: תהום אל תהום קורא לקול צנוריך כל משבריך וגליך עלי עברו , which I will translate for our purpose as “Depth calls out to depth, a voice seeking your channels, as all the mighty waves and breakers pass over us.” By this I mean to say that I want to speak דברים היוצאים מן הלב , trusting that they will find a channel, a