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No Smicha Required

From Bang it Out, it’s The Chassidic Rebbe Name Generator.

You are very wise, humble and pious, Ariela… from this day forward you will now be known as the holy Reb Gedalyahu Yekutiel Krevat of Chelm, also known as the ‘Baatlaner Rebbe’… now let your chassidish adventures begin, your talmidim are waiting!

The fictional city of Chelm is, of course, one of the great places in Eastern European Jewish folklore, and I am proud to represent, if you will.

The story of the Rabbi of Chelm:

One day the Rabbi was called to the neighboring town of Lublin for a Rabbinical Conference. Each of the rabbis tried to show how brilliant their powers were. The Rabbi of Lublin asked a riddle. “Who is my father’s son but he is not my brother?” The other rabbis thought, but couldn’t come up with the answer. “Me,” replied the Rabbi triumphantly. The Rabbi of Chelm was very impressed with the riddle and couldn’t wait to get home to tell it to his congregation.

That Friday night after his speech the people asked him to share some of the wisdom he had picked up at the conference. “OK,” said the Rabbi, shaking back and forth and stroking his long grey beard, “Listen carefully, I am going to ask you a riddle. Who is this? He’s my father’s son but he’s not my brother.” The people of Chelm thought and thought, each one trying for an answer, but finally they all turned to the Rabbi. “We give up,” they acknowledged.

“Simple,” replied the wise sage, “He is the Rabbi of Lublin.”

(Story courtesy of WZO Hagshama)

[Update] It appears there is really a city in Poland called Chelm. Huh. And here’s more information on the historical Jewish community there.

4 thoughts on “No Smicha Required

  1. You are very wise, humble and pious, Ronen…
    from this day forward you will now be known as the holy Reb Yankov Yiosef Kiska Landa of Romanovo ,
    also known as the ‘OutKaster Rebbe’…now let your chassidish adventures begin, your talmidim are waiting!
    Hey Ya!

  2. You are very wise, humble and pious, Jason…
    from this day forward you will now be known as the holy Reb Chanochy HaLevi Zalmanowitz of Kutsk ,
    also known as the ‘Beyonc’er Rebbe’…now let your chassidish adventures begin, your talmidim are waiting!
    Cause my body’s too Jew-y-licious for ya, babe.

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