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[ActionAndy]

Hello again Rabbi,

So this reincarnation thing has always had me curious. Do your texts give specifics on how this would work? I'm wondering if I die, my soul comes out and has a period of enlightenment (where it would remember all of its lives, not just this one) and then goes back to a body...or if I just die, have my memory wiped, and shoved into a new body. The second option seems pretty lame, considering I wouldn't even be aware of it (and then is it even me?)

[TomHagen]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

Hello again Rabbi,

So this reincarnation thing has always had me curious. Do your texts give specifics on how this would work? I'm wondering if I die, my soul comes out and has a period of enlightenment (where it would remember all of its lives, not just this one) and then goes back to a body...or if I just die, have my memory wiped, and shoved into a new body. The second option seems pretty lame, considering I wouldn't even be aware of it (and then is it even me?)

this topic deserves a tremndously long answer, some of which I will write up and post IY''H

[ActionAndy]

Originally Posted by TomHagen

this topic deserves a tremndously long answer, some of which I will write up and post IY''H

Thanks, take your time

[RGD.]

After reading every single post - I must say that I have found this thread to be both entertaining and informative at the same time.

So . . . I have a few questions I have not seen answered:

01. How long have you been a Rabbi?

02. Was there some defining moment or event in your life that led you to becoming a Rabbi.

03. I love your wit and humor . . . was being a stand up comedian ever an option?


Ron

[TomHagen]

Originally Posted by RGD.

After reading every single post - I must say that I have found this thread to be both entertaining and informative at the same time.

So . . . I have a few questions I have not seen answered:

01. How long have you been a Rabbi?
5 1/2 years
02. Was there some defining moment or event in your life that led you to becoming a Rabbi.
There is a post above with the long-short of my journey to becoming more observant and eventually a Rabbi. As a child I always had a desire to do the "best"/"highest" thing/occupation with my life sooo...
03. I love your wit and humor . . . was being a stand up comedian ever an option?

Yes, as a matter of fact. At career day in 4th grade we had to design a t-shirt with our career of choice and I chose Comedian, and drew a squiggly funny face with a mic and a tie (a la Rodney Dangerfield) My brother in law (also a Rabbi) is studying comedy in the Groundlings.
Ron

I am glad you enjoy the thread.