| MAGAZINE FEATURE | SEVEN BECOMES EIGHT By Shmuel Botnick | JUNE 25, 2024 Email Print Rav Moshe Wolfson carried his Emunas Yisrael kehillah into an orbit of hope, trust, and unshakable faith Photos: Mattis Goldberg, AEGedolimPhotos IF ever a current of spiritual electricity could be felt, it would probably be during those epic moments on Simchas Torah when the final pesukim of V’Zos Habrachah are read aloud. With a tallis draped overhead, the crush of people lean in closely as the baal korei , in a ringing voice, calls out the saddest words ever written. “Vayamas sham Moshe eved Hashem — and Moshe died there, a servant of Hashem.” It’s over. The man who led, prayed, taught, cared, and cried, is gone. We all felt like we knew him so well. Ever since he was introduced to us in parshas Shemos , we watched his every move, analyzed his every word. And now he’s gone. The pesukim continue, words of a f...