The Rabbi

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Canonical title

The Rabbi

Original publication date

1965

People/Characters

Rabbi Michael Kind; Leslie Kind; Isaac Rivkind; Rabbi Max Gross; Dick Kramer

Epigraph

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made... (show all) him a little lower than the angels,
And hast crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet... Psalm VIII

Dedication

For my mother and father,
Rose and Robert Gordon
--and for Lorraine

First words

On the winter morning of Rabbi Michael Kind's fourty-fifth birthday he lay alone in the oversized brass bed that had once belonged to his grandfather, clinging to the numbness of sleep but listening against his will to the no... (show all)ised made by the woman in the kitchen below.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He would turn it into a sermon in the morning.

Original language*

Englisch