Find a Grave! |
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by Matthue Roth, December 20, 2007 |
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The Sages recommend visiting the graves of the righteous -- not so much a matter of vacation, but, you know, to hang out with your elders. And, following in the wake of online mail, online auctions, and cybersex, you can now perform this time-honored ritual online.
This is the grave of the Kli Yakar, who wrote one of the most amazing commentaries on the Torah. Legend says that, just as the Maharal was going to die, he told the Prague Jewish Community to go look for this man and make him their new rabbi. Nobody had ever heard of him, and no one was quite sure how the Maharal found him, but they did as requested. A few hundred years later, he's still in Prague. But now he's online, too -- just like Cthulhu and the Bush Twins.
Visit your favorite tzaddik, too, at findagrave.com.
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Matthue Roth is the author, most recently, of Losers, as well as the novels Never Mind the Goldbergs and Candy in Action and the memoir Yom Kippur a Go-Go. He's also the associate More... |
Soccer
Dude, youll be in a grave long enough, dont spend the precious few years you have on this earth at a cemetary!
AmberPasternak
i would rather visit in person. cemetaries are peaceful.
Soccer
suit yourself, but if you want peaceful Ide prefer the park or a beach.