The Rebbetzin's Husband

Perhaps some rabbis marry women and make them rebbetzins
but my rebbetzin married me and made me a rabbi
שלי ושלכם שלה הוא
mawkish, but true

Showing posts with label Life in the Rabbinate: Grief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life in the Rabbinate: Grief. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Compartmentalization

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I went to a funeral this afternoon, for a baby . I was never any good at compartmentalizing my emotions about this sort of thing and moving ...
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Thursday, May 7, 2009

On the death of a child

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[ I feel like I’ve had too many death posts of late; I apologize, but it's the order of the day. ] I don’t use profanity; the gemara is ...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Death hurts, but it's not unfair

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It’s been another deathfest these past couple of weeks, after a good two months in which, thank Gd, people stayed mostly healthy. I’ve lost ...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Uncomfortably numb

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The gemara talks about the horrible smell associated with tanning leather, but experienced tanners don’t really notice it. Career politician...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Avoiding the appearance of showmanship is also showmanship

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[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here . ] Once I landed on the bimah I was surprised to learn that somewhere inside me lurks a tendency t...
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