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favorite shnapps! Furthermore, as a Pinkovitch, not consider his dreams The rabbi stopped speaking for a
member of the shul he had a right to important? After all, they both were moment, and the chutzpadiker person
named Yosef! I am not certain whether repeated his remark. The rabbi again
chap a dremmel (take a nap)! The only he remained a shul member. stopped and calmly stated that if he,
consolation was that Krepsky often the congregant, disapproved of his
A final shul maiseh: A large propor- speaking style, he could take a walk to
overslept and so missed going to shul tion of the Jewish population shifted the door and read the sign above the
from East Baltimore to a Northwest door. Nu, you may ask, what was written
altogether. section of the city known as Forest above the door? EXIT.
Park. Several prominent shuls were
Another shul maiseh: Yosef located on Garrison Boulevard. There Bonding with Delinquents
Pinkovitch appeared to have a great was Beth Tfiloh (Rabbi Rosenblatt), An Israel bond maiseh: Several years
Tifereth Israel (Rabbi Bak), Bais ago, I volunteered to join the Israel
need for attention. Farvoss (why)? Vair Avraham (Rabbi Hertzberg), and Beth Bond Drive which was held on Yom
vais (who knows)? Nu, what did he do Yehudah (Rabbi Perlmutter). And, of Kippur. A month elapsed since the
to get attention? you may ask. Iz azoy course, there was Ner Israel Rabbinical drive, and my job was to phone persons
(this is what happened): College (Rabbi Ruderman). I enjoyed who had pledged to purchase bonds
davening in the Bais Avraham and in but forgot to honor their pledges. The
One day the rabbi did not attend the Tifereth Israel. people I phoned were usually courte-
ous and assured me that their pledge
services. Beryl suddenly walked to the One Sabbath morning, the rav of would be forthcoming. However, there
the shul began giving his Shabbat dvar were a few persons who shouted that
front of the shul and sat in the rabbi’s Torah. The Yiddish-speaking members they would only forward their pledge
of the shul were dwindling, and new- when the government of Israel
chair. Now he received total attention! comers did not understand the lan- changed! A year came, a year went, and
guage. The rabbi therefore began changes in the Israeli government took
The congregants were unhappy about speaking in English. Suddenly, one of place. Did they pay? you may ask. Ahz
the congregants stood up and shouted, ah yohr oif zey (no). They now
his behavior, but they were silent due to “Rehd oif Yiddish nisht oif goyish
(Speak in Yiddish, not in goyish)!”
the prohibition regarding shaming a
person in public (no olam haboh!).
After services, Beryl was admonished in
private. Did he apologize for his chutz-
padik act? you may ask. With remorse,
he stated that his reoccurring dreams
of becoming a rabbi were haunting
him. Nu, if Yosef Hatzadik, who is men-
tioned in the holy Torah, had important
dreams, why shouldn’t he, Yoseph
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member of the shul he had a right to important? After all, they both were moment, and the chutzpadiker person
named Yosef! I am not certain whether repeated his remark. The rabbi again
chap a dremmel (take a nap)! The only he remained a shul member. stopped and calmly stated that if he,
consolation was that Krepsky often the congregant, disapproved of his
A final shul maiseh: A large propor- speaking style, he could take a walk to
overslept and so missed going to shul tion of the Jewish population shifted the door and read the sign above the
from East Baltimore to a Northwest door. Nu, you may ask, what was written
altogether. section of the city known as Forest above the door? EXIT.
Park. Several prominent shuls were
Another shul maiseh: Yosef located on Garrison Boulevard. There Bonding with Delinquents
Pinkovitch appeared to have a great was Beth Tfiloh (Rabbi Rosenblatt), An Israel bond maiseh: Several years
Tifereth Israel (Rabbi Bak), Bais ago, I volunteered to join the Israel
need for attention. Farvoss (why)? Vair Avraham (Rabbi Hertzberg), and Beth Bond Drive which was held on Yom
vais (who knows)? Nu, what did he do Yehudah (Rabbi Perlmutter). And, of Kippur. A month elapsed since the
to get attention? you may ask. Iz azoy course, there was Ner Israel Rabbinical drive, and my job was to phone persons
(this is what happened): College (Rabbi Ruderman). I enjoyed who had pledged to purchase bonds
davening in the Bais Avraham and in but forgot to honor their pledges. The
One day the rabbi did not attend the Tifereth Israel. people I phoned were usually courte-
ous and assured me that their pledge
services. Beryl suddenly walked to the One Sabbath morning, the rav of would be forthcoming. However, there
the shul began giving his Shabbat dvar were a few persons who shouted that
front of the shul and sat in the rabbi’s Torah. The Yiddish-speaking members they would only forward their pledge
of the shul were dwindling, and new- when the government of Israel
chair. Now he received total attention! comers did not understand the lan- changed! A year came, a year went, and
guage. The rabbi therefore began changes in the Israeli government took
The congregants were unhappy about speaking in English. Suddenly, one of place. Did they pay? you may ask. Ahz
the congregants stood up and shouted, ah yohr oif zey (no). They now
his behavior, but they were silent due to “Rehd oif Yiddish nisht oif goyish
(Speak in Yiddish, not in goyish)!”
the prohibition regarding shaming a
person in public (no olam haboh!).
After services, Beryl was admonished in
private. Did he apologize for his chutz-
padik act? you may ask. With remorse,
he stated that his reoccurring dreams
of becoming a rabbi were haunting
him. Nu, if Yosef Hatzadik, who is men-
tioned in the holy Torah, had important
dreams, why shouldn’t he, Yoseph
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