tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post6000795069258749320..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Happy Rabbis!The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-73593641242403257492011-11-08T21:19:46.485-05:002011-11-08T21:19:46.485-05:00Bratschegirl-
Funny; someone just commented to me ...Bratschegirl-<br />Funny; someone just commented to me the other day that one reason rabbinics is a frustrating field is that it's hard to see quantifiable progress!<br /><br />I tend to think both of you are right.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-73722677320643040812011-11-08T00:37:49.701-05:002011-11-08T00:37:49.701-05:00There, there. Deep breath. Better now? (Yes, I kno...There, there. Deep breath. Better now? (Yes, I know it's a re-post from years ago...)<br /><br />As to the roofers: up there it's windy and either too hot or too cold, and then there's the whole falling-off thing... wouldn't be my idea of a happy-making job either.<br /><br />What I see clergy and firefighters having in common is tangible evidence of having made a positive difference in someone's life. Rescuing someone from a burning building, or a kitty stuck up a tree, has to be a great boost to the soul. So, I imagine, is officiating at a wedding or bar mitzvah, or bringing solace to someone who is grieving.<br /><br />Don't ask me how wrestling with shul politics fits in to the above, though.bratschegirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-45660734750017069372011-10-27T17:31:36.849-04:002011-10-27T17:31:36.849-04:00Anonymous 11:03 PM-
Wonderful! Please take good ca...Anonymous 11:03 PM-<br />Wonderful! Please take good care of him; we need to keep the great ones.<br /><br />Bob-<br />מצוות לאו ליהנות ניתנו...The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-40914609291084826312011-10-27T11:03:51.765-04:002011-10-27T11:03:51.765-04:00"Bob-
Oh, great. Rabbis are happy because the..."Bob-<br />Oh, great. Rabbis are happy because they are required to be happy. Figures."<br /><br />If it's a mitzvah, does that take the fun out of it? Sounds strange so soon after Simchas Torah.Bob Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-19726718475565122892011-10-26T23:03:30.538-04:002011-10-26T23:03:30.538-04:00I have never been a rabbi, nor am i remotely quali...I have never been a rabbi, nor am i remotely qualified to be one --in terms of learning or personal midos. But I have been around rabbis who truly view their profession as a calling and are not unhappy or frustrated. My local rabbi regularly returns phone calls until all hours (a friend of mine was a medical resident who had to be up all night and left the rabbi a message that he could call him anytime, and sure enough at 4 am he got a call at the hospital from the rabbi asking how he could help him. i usually tell the rabbi he can call until 11 and he usually doesn't get to me til the next day), and I've told the rabbi that I need to discuss something urgent with him and he asks how late I can do it and then sets that as the time. So his life is very demanding, and I assume that he sees the worst of human behavior at times (though he probably also sees the best) but I have never once seen him look overwhelmed or frustrated or unhappy. Of course I don't know what is his head, but I get the impression he feels that this is his way of serving klal yisrael and he is happy that he has the opportunity to serve. I admit that he is an above average rabbi in the sense that a significant number of people have moved to his community specifically to be around him, and I don't think that's true of most rabbis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-73756305312148057572011-10-26T23:01:41.624-04:002011-10-26T23:01:41.624-04:00Anonymous 5:17 AM-
It may be archaic, but rooves i...Anonymous 5:17 AM-<br />It may be archaic, but rooves is still okay for me.<br /><br />Joel-<br />Yes; if we are to take the report seriously, then that's a logical explanation.<br /><br />Bob-<br />Oh, great. Rabbis are happy because they are required to be happy. Figures.<br /><br />Michael-<br />Didn't notice engineers on the list...<br /><br />Jack-<br />GraciasThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-1058468014485458752011-10-26T17:08:47.381-04:002011-10-26T17:08:47.381-04:00What rabbi planet do you live on?
I can't sto...<i>What rabbi planet do you live on?</i><br /><br />I can't stop laughing at that line.Jackhttp://www.thejackb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-58774835716531550072011-10-26T14:57:52.223-04:002011-10-26T14:57:52.223-04:00Transportation Ticket Agents are number 3 ???!!! ...Transportation Ticket Agents are number 3 ???!!! <br /><br />Tell that to my Travel Agent friend!Michael Mirskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-51537971139964184242011-10-26T09:48:39.227-04:002011-10-26T09:48:39.227-04:00If we should all be b'simcha, why not rabbis?If we should all be b'simcha, why not rabbis?Bob Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-20403427932630564092011-10-26T05:35:00.660-04:002011-10-26T05:35:00.660-04:00perhaps satisfied in playing their role in destiny...perhaps satisfied in playing their role in destiny?r' nissan alpert zt"l had a derasha along these lines on :יד יִשָּׂשכָר, חֲמֹר גָּרֶם--רֹבֵץ, בֵּין הַמִּשְׁפְּתָיִם. טו וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב, וְאֶת-הָאָרֶץ כִּי נָעֵמָה; וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֹ לִסְבֹּל, וַיְהִי לְמַס-עֹבֵד. {ס}<br /><br />15 For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work. <br /><br />why did he work? that is our definition of good and pleasant (not watching tv on the couch)<br /><br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-87670474953782316812011-10-26T05:17:28.189-04:002011-10-26T05:17:28.189-04:00plural of roof is roofsplural of roof is roofsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com