BREAKING: Orthodox Union announces Rabbi Shmuel Silber, of Baltimore, as new executive vice president, Rabbi Josh Joseph to be umbrella group's CEO

During the upcoming High Holidays, Rabbi Shmuel Silber, of Suburban Orthodox Congregation in Baltimore, plans to ask for divine help in his new job as executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, a role that his friend, Rabbi Moshe Hauer, held until his untimely death on Oct. 14.“On a personal level, I enter into this Rosh Hashanah obviously with immense gratitude to Hashem for all of the beautiful brachahs that He’s given to me, many of which I feel I don’t generally deserve,” the rabbi told JNS. “And I walk into this Rosh Hashanah with a tremendous feeling of being overwhelmed at the opportunity to hopefully do something even greater for the Jewish people.”Among “many things,” including for his family and his community, he plans to pray “heavily” for siyata dishmaya, a rabbinic Aramaic phrase that refers to divine assistance, he said.“Because leadership in general is such a complicated place…

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