A propos today's #Jwitter discourse around the vagaries and disappointments of the rabbinate as a profession, here are two (hopefully somewhat encouraging) anecdotes:
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1. (forgot the name, sorry)
The rabbi of a shtetl was deposed from his position, and his friends, knowing what the job meant to him, came to comfort him.
"Don't worry," said he, "they can take everything away from me ... except for the מלפנים*."
*'formerly'
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1. (forgot the name, sorry)
The rabbi of a shtetl was deposed from his position, and his friends, knowing what the job meant to him, came to comfort him.
"Don't worry," said he, "they can take everything away from me ... except for the מלפנים*."
*'formerly'
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(Sorry, that one assumes a knowledge of rabbinic signature styles...)
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(Sorry, that one assumes a knowledge of rabbinic signature styles...)
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2. R. Meir Shapiro - yes, that one - held many rabbinic positions over his tragically short life.
In his third position or so, a cynical congregant said to him, "you keep moving from place to place... I guess you can't get along with people!"
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2. R. Meir Shapiro - yes, that one - held many rabbinic positions over his tragically short life.
In his third position or so, a cynical congregant said to him, "you keep moving from place to place... I guess you can't get along with people!"
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Said he: "There are two types of wooden peg (טשוואָק) - a peg with head, and a peg without a head. Now, a peg without a head, once hammered into position, just stays there... But a peg with a head can be reused as needed - removed from here, inserted there, ad infinitum!"
Said he: "There are two types of wooden peg (טשוואָק) - a peg with head, and a peg without a head. Now, a peg without a head, once hammered into position, just stays there... But a peg with a head can be reused as needed - removed from here, inserted there, ad infinitum!"
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