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Monday the Rabbi Took Off

Rabbi David Small is back. The man who can see the third side of any question.

This time he's on a private exodus to Israel to soothe his soul. He just wants to soak up the local scene--sit in the park, talk to the kids, go to the synagogue or (heresy of heresies) not, as the mood strikes him.

But where Rabbi David Small goes, so goes trouble. And Israel's no exception. Before you can say "Oy gevalt!" Rabbi Small finds himself in the thick of an international incident.

Yes, Monday's the day Rabbi David Small goes up against the Wall.

After six years, the trouble-prone Rabbi Small takes an overdue sabbatical from his congregation – to Israel. Almost immediately he becomes entangled with a group of Arab terrorists and a murder inquiry.

Back at home, the synagogue committee schemes to confirm his interim replacement in the job.

It is fortunate that the Rabbi always sees the third side to every question.

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About the author:

Harry Kemelman was an American mystery writer and a professor of English. He was the creator of one of the most famous religious sleuths, Rabbi David Small.

His writing career began with short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine featuring New England college professor Nicky Welt, the first of which, "The Nine Mile Walk", is considered a classic.

The Rabbi Small series began in 1964 with the publication of Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, which became a huge bestseller, a difficult achievement for a religious mystery, and won Kemelman a 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The Rabbi Small books are not only mysteries, but also considerations of Conservative Judaism.

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Quotes from Harry Kemelman:

"Our prayers are rarely petitionary. We don’t so much ask for things that we don’t have as give thanks for what we have received.” “I don’t understand.” The rabbi smiled. “It’s something like this. You Christians say, ‘Our Father who art in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread.’ Our comparable prayer is, ‘Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who bringest forth bread from the earth.’ That’s rather over-simplified, but in general our prayers tend to be prayers of thanksgiving for what has been given to us." — Harry Kemelman (Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (The Rabbi Small Mysteries))

"Oh no, we stem from different traditions, all three of us. Monsignor O’Brien is a priest in the tradition of the priests of the Bible, the sons of Aaron. He has certain powers, magical powers, that he exercises in the celebration of the Mass, for example, where the bread and wine are magically changed to the body and blood of Christ. Dr. Skinner as a Protestant minister is in the tradition of the prophets. He has received a call to preach the word of God. I, a rabbi, am essentially a secular figure, having neither the mana of the priest nor the ‘call’ of the minister. If anything, I suppose we come closest to the judges of the Bible." — Harry Kemelman (Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (The Rabbi Small Mysteries))

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Reviews from readers:

"This time amateur sleuth Rabbi Small goes to Jerusalem. The setting made it all the more enjoyable and I also liked the look behind the scenes of a religious community." - Hermien


"In this fourth book of the Rabbi Small Mysteries series, Rabbi David Small takes a leave of absence from his synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, and travels to Israel with his wife Miriam and their young son, Jonathan. He anticipates being gone for three months, but he is also considering the possibility of a permanent move to Israel.

David and Miriam enjoy living in Jerusalem. The rabbi relaxes his usual religious practices somewhat because he feels different in Israel. As he tells Miriam, “‘As a rabbi, I’m a professionally religious person. I pray at stated times and in specific ways. Some of it is a matter of habit, like brushing my teeth. And some of it I have consciously practiced because I thought it important for the preservation of the religion and the people like the Englishman who was supposed to dress for dinner in the jungle. But things are different here. You don’t have to follow strict observances here because you don’t have to make the point.’”

Given the persistent tensions between the Israelis and the Arabs, it’s not surprising that terrorist bombings occur near the Smalls in Jerusalem. The authorities suspect a young American studying at the university of complicity in one of them. But Rabbi Small, who knows the young man and his father, uses his analytical skills to point the authorities in a different direction.

Meanwhile, back in Barnard’s Crossing, the rabbi’s congregation has hired a retired rabbi named Hugo Deutsch to fill in. Some leaders of the congregation come to prefer Rabbi Deutsch to Rabbi Small, and Deutsch and his wife enjoy the assignment. So there is some question about whether Rabbi Small will be welcomed back if and when he returns. This is nothing new: Rabbi Small’s job status has periodically been in jeopardy during the six years he’s spent in Barnard’s Crossing.

I enjoyed this book primarily because of its insights into Jewish culture and life in Israel (as it was in the early 1970s—the book was published in 1972). Rabbi Small’s observations about the religious and secular aspects of Israeli society, as well as about the contrast between some Israeli Jews and American Jews, are very enlightening. The “mystery” part of the book seems almost incidental, but it is always enjoyable to spend some time with Rabbi Small." - Brian
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