Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
Written by Harry Kemelman
Narrated by George Guidall
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Harry Kemelman
Harry Kemelman (1908–1996) was best known for his popular rabbinical mystery series featuring the amateur sleuth Rabbi David Small. Kemelman wrote twelve novels in the series, the first of which, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. This book was also adapted as an NBC made-for-TV movie, and the Rabbi Small Mysteries were the inspiration for the NBC television show Lanigan’s Rabbi. Kemelman’s novels garnered praise for their unique combination of mystery and Judaism, and with Rabbi Small, the author created a protagonist who played a part-time detective with wit and charm. Kemelman also wrote a series of short stories about Nicky Welt, a college professor who used logic to solve crimes, which were published in a collection entitled The Nine Mile Walk. Aside from being an award-winning novelist, Kemelman, originally from Boston, was also an English professor.
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Titles in the series (12)
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monday the Rabbi Took Off Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Day the Rabbi Resigned Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Someday the Rabbi Will Leave Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Conversations with Rabbi Small Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5That Day the Rabbi Left Town Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The actual mystery was good. I feel like I'm getting an inside view of my parents' generation and a Jewish community.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The mystery plot of this 6th book in the series was better than the previous book (although I still figured it out fairly early). I was interested in the mystical Judaism that Hasidic Jews believe in, especially in the setting of the early 1970s when many 'hippies' were investigating a number of different mystical beliefs. The way that various characters of differing ages reacted to this movement gave a range of perspectives, to me all the more interesting today when I can imagine myself in different roles in different times of my life!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Even in the sixth case, Rabbi Small disagrees with his community. The new president of the synagogue wants to introduce more meditation - back to the original. He is convinced that this requires a place outside the synagogue - a so-called cloister. To buy land, the community would have to sell land elsewhere. That's just right for a speculator. He 'goes over dead bodies' and is not ready to let a pharmacist extend the contract for its business by the community. But fortunately, there is Rabbi Small, who with the help of the Talmud and his friend the police chief, convicted of the culprit.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The actual mystery was good. I feel like I'm getting an inside view of my parents' generation and a Jewish community.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rabbineren David Small løser en sag med nogle piller, der er blevet forbyttede og koster en gammel mand livet pgra en allergisk reaktion. Formanden for synagogen Chester Kaplan har planer for et refugium og den plan virker splittende på menigheden.Nydelig skildring af et lille samfund
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Set in the late 1970's, I find this mystery to be a fun little time capsule. The rabbi must not only solve the mystery of how a very sick old man died and why; he must also shepherd his flock. A very contrary flock at that. I enjoy the many layers of this story. The mystery was not unsolvable, but the why of it was a puzzler.