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the development of Hannah the beginning and ending of the text must be closely analyzed. Movement must be introduced to the text in order for Hannah to embody movement. The first scene of the text is Millennial approaches Act One: Bad News. The scene takes place at the end of October. There is only one character on stage, Rabbi Isidoer Chemeltitz, which is played by the same actress is who playing Hannah. Chemelwitz is performing the funeral of Sarah Ironsman in this scene. Since the play starts at the end of fall it can be juxtaposed to the end of the text when characters are present in a cold and yet bright day setting. The season of autumn itself alludes to the life cycle, autumn being a transition to winter and the beginning of death. The transition that is taking place is the departure of Sarah Ironsman. So movement in Sarah’s Irondale’s life is a necessity to understanding the implications of movement in this text, because Sarah’s lifestyle embodied the ability to adapt and accept her own condition in life. Sarah’s life is represented by Rabbi Chemilwitz. By the Rabbi representingg her life the portrayal of life becomes necceary to understand. Rabbi has a thick Southern European accent and speaks with any unapologetic tone. His tone implies that he has not regret for Sarah’s death. This is relative to Chemeltwitz and his relationship with Sarah. Both Sarah and Chemelwitz had not personal connection or acknowledgment of each other, therefore he is not able to have a…

religion encompass themselves into a group, which is their religious community. They follow their leader known as the rabbi. The rabbi brings politics and religion together to authorize the people. Hasidics strive to follow all the commandments in the Torah which, like the bible, is the word of God. They also strongly believed that any physical object has a spiritual significant meaning and true motive for existence. The Hasidics tried to maintain a joyful attitude because this was a duty to…

determined to have a future and to shape their destiny against all odds. Some undergo near death experiences, or survive in remote situations, and others go beyond anyone’s expectations including their own. The book’s mystical qualities are attributed to the area’s mystical qualities, caused by a Rabbi and his followers. The followers of the Rabbi Eliakum ben Yahya, the Talmud, and the metaphysical, were able manifest their desires to create a moment outside of time, a Shabbos. It wasn’t just…

Rabbi Soloveitchik encouraged cooperation with people outside the Orthodox movement (i.e. Christians) to promote social justice. Also, since Modern Orthodox Jews believe that the world is unfinished, they believe that Jews must finish the world through tikkun olam and social justice. Two lead figures in the Reconstructionist movement include Mordecai Kaplan and Deborah Waxman. Kaplan was born in 1881 in Russia. He immigrated to America in 1889, and started the Reconstructionist movement. In…

One” by the Hasidic Community. Throughout the book, Reb Saunders passes along his strict beliefs onto his family, enforcing strict study regimens upon his children, to the point of generally only speaking to his children about religious endeavors, contrary to a normal fatherly relationship. Viewing from afar, he appears as a cold, stern man, however underneath the surface lies another secret identity. Inside of his shell Reb Saunders portrays a passionate follower, a devout leader, and a loving…

Reuven decides to become a rabbi and spend his life helping people find peace and meaning in Judaism. Danny decides to become a psychologist so he can help people find peace and meaning through science. Although Reb Saunders failed to satisfy his son 's active mind with the answer that pain is simply to be endured as God 's will, Reb Saunders succeeded in teaching his son to deeply meditate the pain of the world. He said he “had to make sure his soul would be the soul of a tzaddik no matter what…

topics other than the Talmud prove to side track him from becoming a rabbi. Becoming a rabbi is what Danny’s father wants him to be, so Danny can lead his community. However, since Danny is reading other books he is expanding his thinking into more modern times. While the more time he spends in the library he begins to ask a librarian on book recommendations. The librarian would tell him a recommendation and Danny would go to read them. Later in the book it is revealed that man is Reuven’s…

A leader is someone who leads a group, while an effective leader is someone who not only leads, but also listens. To me, the Rabbi at my synagogue, Rabbi Mark, is an effective leader. During a sermon at Yom Kippur services, Rabbi Mark stated, “Sometimes we need to stop and listen to what others have to say.” Even if we disagree with a person or we are in a hurry, it still important to stop and listen to others perspectives. Once we learn about others perspectives we can truly show compassion for…

Max Fink EIE Spring 2017 Rabbi Avraham Infeld When I first read the prompt for this essay I was very conflicted. While yes, it would be very interesting to write about someone as influential as Benjamin Netanyahu, as funny as Sarah Silverman, or as profound as David Ben Gurion, I could not bring myself to write about people who I would consider the obvious answer. There are so many ways to interpret what it means to be famous. To me, being famous is not categorized by your net worth, the…

One of Rabbi Sacks’ many points on free will is how it is directly correlated with how moral a person is. As an individual begins to act immoral, he risks embarking on a spiral away from free will. An example of this, as Rabbi Sacks points out is addiction. “The first few times you smoke a cigarette or drink alcohol or take drugs, you do so freely. You know the risks but you ignore them. As time goes on, your dependency increases until the craving is so intense that you are almost powerless to…