Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet, Harry Kemelman
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet, Harry Kemelman
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Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet

Author: Harry Kemelman

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/23/2012


Synopsis

A pharmaceutical mishap draws the rabbi into a murder investigation in this New York Times bestseller: “An endearing character … a devious plot” (San Diego Union-Tribune).

New Age thinking has come to Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts. The recently elected president of Rabbi David Small’s synagogue is intent on using temple money to build a meditation retreat. The congregation is practicing yoga, buying crystals, and reciting chants. When a troubled young man returns to the town after spending time in a controversial Hasidic cult, the rabbi expects him to be another New Ager. But things take a grisly turn away from new-fangled mantras of peace and love when something terribly old fashioned happens: murder.

An elderly patient dies after being given the wrong medication by the local pharmacist, who coincidentally is also the Hasidic man’s father. When the dead man’s family suggests the mix-up was intentional, both the druggist and his son become suspects and it’s up to Rabbi Small to investigate by drawing on some Old Testament wisdom in a village of New Age fads.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan on February 16, 2018

I really enjoy this series. I'm glad my sister introduced me to it. The books are informative about Judaism, and thought-provoking about religion in general. The rabbi reasons out the mysteries and the conclusions are usually a surprise to me.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on August 05, 2016

It's interesting jumping from book one to book six and seeing how Kemelman has developed as a writer. He's got the pacing and tone of a good mystery novel and uses the form well to investigate the tensions of religious Jewish life in the mid-seventies: the ecstatic prayer, meditation, and spiritual......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on September 08, 2013

I really do like the rabbi in this series. And I particularly like that the people in his congregation and the other people that are interacted with are well-rounded characters. I like Lanigan and the relationship they have. I do not like that the rabbi has a daughter named Hepsibah (really? Hepsiba......more

Goodreads review by Jammin Jenny on April 22, 2020

I really enjoyed this book featuring Rabbi David Small. He's a wise rabbi and always knows his Jewish law. He also knows human behavior and is able to ensure his congregation is acting ethically. In this story, he helps discover what happened to the prescription that killed old man Ketsler. Great st......more

Goodreads review by Debra on June 16, 2010

I like a quick read and enjoy the explanations of Judaism mixed in with the mystery of who killed Mr. Kestler and why. Was it an accident, was it murder, only the Rabbi is tenacious enough to follow all the threads and discover the truth.......more