When your rabbi breaks Shabbos
How many times has your rabbi broken Shabbos? You’ve probably never thought about it, and you hope the answer is “zero”. I […]
How many times has your rabbi broken Shabbos? You’ve probably never thought about it, and you hope the answer is “zero”. I […]
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“There is a funeral right after the one you are doing. The man has no living relatives and no rabbi. Would you be able to officiate?”
You know that feeling when you stop at an intersection and a car pulls up next to you, heavy bass booming from his radio, into your car, through your chest and stomach and out the other side? That is a sampling of what the Jews felt like at Mt. Sinai.
Rabbi Goldenberg is mediating a quarrelling couple in his study at home. When the wife finishes her tirade against her husband, the rabbi strokes his beard and says, “You’re right”. Ten minutes later, after the husband completes his harangue, the rabbi sways back and forth and remarks, “You’re right”.