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Monday the Rabbi Took Off
- A Rabbi Small Mystery, Book 4
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
Popular author Harry Kemelman combines baffling crimes, fascinating characters, and rich Jewish tradition to create his best-selling mystery series. In Monday the Rabbi Took Off, an exhausted Rabbi David Small searches for relaxation in Israel, only to find himself in the midst of an explosive international incident. After six years of leading a challenging congregation, Rabbi Small is taking his dream vacation: three months in Jerusalem without any rabbinical duties. He is finally getting the rest he needs - until a new acquaintance is found dead after a bombing. Suddenly the savvy young Rabbi is up against the formidable Israeli intelligence and faceless Arab terrorists with murder on their minds. With Harry Kemelman’s dramatic flair, you will feel as if you are walking the colorful streets of Jerusalem alongside the perceptive Rabbi Small. George Guidall - personally approved for this unabridged recording by the author’s estate - skillfully breathes life into the ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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- Trisha
- 19-05-22
Wonderful.
Another great charming story about the Rabbi and his family. I got a bit lost in the crime bit this time but learnt so much about Israel at the time this writing is set. Really enjoyable.
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- Mary Carnegie
- 15-11-16
Fascinating classic mystery
The Rabbi's sojourn in the Holy Land isn't all milk and honey, how could it be? Quite apart from the intrigue of the crime, it is instructive to look back a few decades (to a time I remember as a teenager) on the world tensions, politics, trouble in the Middle East of those days and compare with today's situation! I went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land a few years ago, so I found particularly interesting to note developments in Jerusalem and elsewhere-some good, some not at all good- and to hear the impressions of other, earlier visitors as expressed by the Smalls, the journalist and his student son, and a couple of Barnard's Crossing's unsubtle businessmen.
The narration is well done, and fortunately the entire series has the same reader, thus maintaining continuity.
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- Nicola
- 24-11-23
Love this series
More complex logic and quiet persuasion from the Rabbi - well narrated too - a joy.
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- Carôle
- 15-12-21
Israel through an American Rabbi’s experience
I really enjoyed this book. Rabbi Small takes a leave of absence for 3 months, with the ambiguous intention of returning to Barnes Crossing at the end of his and Miriam’s sojourn in Jerusalem, Israel.
Unsurprisingly, Rabbi Small in Israel is remarkably like Rabbi Small in America. He is impervious to all of the various character personalities that he is faced with and is just himself in any language!
For anyone who is curious about the Rabbinical way of life, but not necessarily on a scholarly level, this is a great way to whet your curiosity. 😊
Many books can be read or listened to, but I would Always highly recommend listening to these novels, because George Guidall does a FANTASTIC job of narrating them, getting both the male and female characters down to a tee!
Everything was really enjoyable.
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- maureenhsa
- 29-02-24
Love the series - heartwarming
Love the story - this is one of a series but can be read/ listened to as a stand alone. The narrator is perfect for the story. The author has created a lovely blend of the meaning behind Jewish practices, but this is gently integrated within the story of a crime - and the life of Rabbi Small and his wife on a three month sabbatical in Jerusalem
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