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It's in writing, even: Fresh from the RabbiTron. Maybe someone that's not my husband got some good pics of the actual Beit Din itself. It was pretty cool. And yes, a full 30 seconds after they declared me a rabbi and handed me my ordination certificate, I was making...

As of last night, I'm a rabbi. Ordination was really amazing. Rituals do things, after all, and this was a big ritual meant to do a big thing. And it did, somehow, impossibly. It was really powerful. Maybe there will be more words later. For now, though, I'm just awed...

Dear Laurence, Gary, Shlomo, Jay, Gershom, Warren, and Scott, Thank you for being my teachers and my friends. Thank you for having my back and giving me hugs and being my fellow travelers and taking me way down inside Torah and showing me what fellowship is really...

It seems that some folks have done a bunch of photo reenactments of children's drawings. My Russian is not so hot so I can't understand the full story, but the pictures are all kinds of awesome. I'm guessing that the writing and photo folk are Japanese, but would love...

When you hand in your key to the locker in the beit midrash (um, study hall), you know rabbinical school is just about over. And, indeed, rabbinical school is just about over. I have one more exam--tomorrow--and Ordination is Monday night. It's a little hard to...

19 days until Ordination. (?!?)

It was a lovely Pesach, full of family and friends and a nice dose of Israel. Our celebrations centered around the holy city of Haifa, but I did get to sneak out and see friends in Jerusalem for a day or two. I got to see the ultra-Orthodox folks cooking mangels...

Ladies and germs, the first review is in. (This is from PW, the industry rag that reviews books a couple of months in advance of the release date, so that (among other things) potential reviewers can skim the listings of new books and decide what looks interesting and...

They have now printed and distributed invitations to ordination, with my name listed on the side along with those of my seven classmates mentsches. Since it would be really embarrassing to have to use White-Out at this late date, I guess they're going to have to go...