This is a photo of the bird I shot. The pheasant I shot in Indiana, Pennsylvania, last winter. The pheasant I shot with a rifle on a chilly Shabbat morning before teaching my Religious school classes in Indiana, Pennsylvania, last winter. The pheasant I shot and then ate, way back then, when we were free and naive.
But, alas, now that we have begun to fully accept the Ol Malchut Shamayim (Oil Malchus Shomoyim- Yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven), and the (we hope) profundity that comes with that much less freedom, we feel a tinge of guilt for having, in the role of Rabbi of Indiana, Pennsylvania, hunted on Shabbos and eaten the unkosher carcass.
A tinge, as noted. A tinge.
And that sucker wasn't even a fair kill anyhow, because, while the other pheasants flew away in terror, making the act of destruction an act of skill, this one just sat in a tree, right above my head. Just sat, and waited to meet its Maker.
Meanwhile, the yoked we is now wrestling with how to attend a wedding celebration in Yaffo (on the beach near Tel Aviv) that takes place on EREV SHABBOS---- that's why I love my secular Israeli friends.
(For those of you wondering if I have become a religious nut-- one glimpse of my fantastic shirtless Michael Jackson dance performance last night will assure you that nothing has changed here at wanderingstu.com.)
Tomorrow night I am going on a midnite hike in the desert by the Dead Sea-- full moon! Then I have my longest day of the week on Tuesday-- classes from 8:30 am - 4:15 pm with NO LUNCH BREAK. Then 11 hours later they expect us to be awake to go on a little field trip to a Sefardi synagogue to hear Selichot (penitential prayers done in the month before Rosh Hashanah). Then the Shabbat Wedding Party three nights later, and then Dr. Craig B_. (see earlier post) arrives in the Holy Land.
What a life! Just don't assume I'm having FUN.
Kisses to all.
8 comments:
what a busy life you lead my big bro...who is getting married?
a friend of Keren Blinderman... dunno i if am gonna make it
Stuart my friend... Last week Marion and I had a great time in Florida with ESTA!!!!! Each time we had gone out to eat it was glatt
kosher.....Both restaurants are your mom's favorite... Silver Pond Chinese and Gibby's..Traf food all the way. Your mom looks good and is excited about her upcoming visit to Israel.....So your becoming a hunter....
aw, tommy, you coulda eaten the devil fish. Lord knows you've put worse things in your mouth-- and some of them took you to distant galaxies... miss you-- kisses and hugs to all your crew
finally a career you can fall back on!!!!! are you in touch with anyone from pa?
always thinking ahead, esta. unfortunately, recent changes make it impossible for me to get work as a Shabbos hunter any more. so sad....
money where the mouth is man! where are these MJ dance pix of which you blog?
money where your mouth is, man. let's see these mj pix of which you blog!
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