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Title: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home

Subtitle: A Rabbi Small Mystery, Book 3

Author: Harry Kemelman

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 116 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

With his absorbing mystery series, best-selling author Harry Kemelman transports you to the closely-knit Jewish community at Barnards Crossing, a small city near Boston. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home portrays the unassuming Rabbi Small joyously preparing to celebrate Passover. However, the holiday season is marred when local violence, racism, and misplaced pride run amok. Miffed over the sanctuarys new seating policy, several families are secretly planning to start their own temple in an unoccupied mansion in the country. When some teenagers break into the house for a party - and one ends up dead - the temple plot is interrupted. Suddenly Rabbi Small must discover what really happened, or the whole community will self-destruct. Savvy Rabbi Small combines earthly chutzpah and divine wisdom to solve the mysterious death that has the entire police force befuddled. Personally approved for this unabridged recording by the authors estate, veteran narrator George Guidall breathes life into the persistent rabbi and his ambitious congregants.

Members Reviews:

dated, corny, yet engaging and entertaining

Remember when the men used to tell "their" womenfolk to make the guests coffee? Remember when temple/church were community cornerstones? Gender, ethnic and racially defined roles make this series a social history lesson (and in some places a caricature), but the novels still stand as cozy mysteries with the wise Rabbi-sleuth making astute observation on human nature, even if some of the social roles being filled by the humans are outdated.

George Guidall voices the series well. I listened to the first three, and I think after a break, I'll return to Barnard's Crossing and Rabbi Small's world. I'm just glad, as a women, I don't have to live there. I remember these titles from the bookstores of my youth and I'm glad to have an opportunity to listen to another classic religious-sleuth.

I'm done with this series

I have been listening to this series in order. I listened to half of this book (3 hours), and finally lost interest. I got tired of listening to the pettiness and bickering going on between the men who are members of the temple - who gets to sit in the most important seats, who donates more money to the temple than the others, and then trying to manipulate the rabbi to persuade him to do what they want, much like a bunch of children. At the halfway point in the book, the crime had still not occurred. I'm disappointed, because I thought this series would be a nice addition to my library. I enjoyed George Guidall's narration, as always, The book contains some undesirable language, but no f-bombs.

Skip this one

Any additional comments?

I think I may be Rabbi Smalled out. The story line surrounded a teen that was taking, and about to start pushing drugs - not a theme I enjoy at all.

I dropped it.

Maybe "Monday" with Rabbi Small may prove to be a better day in the week?

The Rabbi, misunderstood, annoying but wise.

Rabbi David Small is not the most "clubbable" of men! His congregation are always hoping to replace him, and the government of the "Temple" of Barnard's Crossing is usually loaded towards the most worldly and cynical males in the district. Kemelman presents an unsentimental view of Judaism in late 20th c USA.