Monday the rabbi took off

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Author of Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home.
The eagerly awaited new novel in the rabbi detective series, featuring Rabbi David Small, who can see the third side of any question.
Six years has the rabbi labored in the unchanging — certainly unappreciative — vineyards of Barnard's Crossing. But even a rabbi can fall prey to the stven-year itch, and David Small (a rabbi like 110 other) makes a private exodus to Israel to soothe his soul. But being David Small, he makes the pilgrimage for reasons exclusively his own: He is not a tourist (indeed visiting congregants are incensed to find he's no help at all as a guide) ; he is not "taking courses"; he's not even taking a sabbatical to write a book. He has gone to Israel simply to soak up the atmosphere—sit in the park, talk to the kids, go to the synagogue or (heresy of heresies) not, as the mood strikes him.
He isn't even concerned about Rabbi Deutsch, his interim... Tovább

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Author of Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home.
The eagerly awaited new novel in the rabbi detective series, featuring Rabbi David Small, who can see the third side of any question.
Six years has the rabbi labored in the unchanging — certainly unappreciative — vineyards of Barnard's Crossing. But even a rabbi can fall prey to the stven-year itch, and David Small (a rabbi like 110 other) makes a private exodus to Israel to soothe his soul. But being David Small, he makes the pilgrimage for reasons exclusively his own: He is not a tourist (indeed visiting congregants are incensed to find he's no help at all as a guide) ; he is not "taking courses"; he's not even taking a sabbatical to write a book. He has gone to Israel simply to soak up the atmosphere—sit in the park, talk to the kids, go to the synagogue or (heresy of heresies) not, as the mood strikes him.
He isn't even concerned about Rabbi Deutsch, his interim replacement, who is the congregation's dream come true — a distinguished spiritual leader in marked contrast to the unkempt, disorganized, trouble-prone Rabbi Small, with whom they have been saddled for six long years. But then a distant Israeli relative of Rabbi Deutsch finds himself in the thick of a frightening incident involving Arab militants, and only Rabbi Small, supreme master of pilpul (Jewish hairsplitting deductive logic), can bail him out____
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Filled with the color, characters, and maddening inconsistencies of Israel, this is the book all Kemelman fans have been waiting for—Monday, the day Rabbi Small goes up against the Wall.
A Sampler of Reviews of Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
"Another delightful look into the professional life of Rabbi David Small____Enjoy,
enjoy."
—San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
" the best part of this and any Small tale is the wondrous warmth and assurance of the portrayal of Jews and Judaism. This is detective fiction at its most telling as social commentary." —New York Tunes
" .as fair a treat as its predecessors, rich in wit and wisdom and pure joyousness he teaches all of us how a mystery should be written." —Los Angeles Times
"Tops, as always." —Saturday Review
"To say it is the rabbi's best adventure yet is too faint praise." —Library Journal
"Once more Harry Kemelman shows a consummate ability to throw into the blender the most unexpected ingredients, and to whip them into a delightful concoction. As a story of entertainment with a little philosophy here and there it can be swallowed with pleasure."
— Boston Sunday Globe
Jacket by Norman Pomerantz Vissza