How could the rabbi convince the preteen boys that it was important to memorize a new alphabet and difficult prayers for their bar mitzvahs?
The rabbi offered his students a deal.
“We were studying Hebrew and he said if I taught him to surf, he would teach me Hebrew,” said Jonah Dickson, 12. “It was a little surprising. I didn’t think a rabbi would want to surf.”
But this was the freewheeling rabbi of the East End.
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A Rabbi’s ”˜Spiritual Playground’ Extends to the Surf
How could the rabbi convince the preteen boys that it was important to memorize a new alphabet and difficult prayers for their bar mitzvahs?
The rabbi offered his students a deal.
“We were studying Hebrew and he said if I taught him to surf, he would teach me Hebrew,” said Jonah Dickson, 12. “It was a little surprising. I didn’t think a rabbi would want to surf.”
But this was the freewheeling rabbi of the East End.
Read it all.