Monday the Rabbi Took Off Author:Harry Kemelman Six years Rabbi David Small has labored in the unchanging & unappreciative vineyards of Barnard's Crossing. But even a rabbi can fall prey to the seven-year itch, and David Small (a rabbi like no 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... more » tourist, 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?to sit in the park, talk to the kids, go to the synagogue or not, as the mood strikes him.
But then the relative of a friend 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...
Filled with 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.« less