Sunday, November 25, 2007
Top Ten Excuses for Missing Shul
These are the Top Ten Excuses for Missing Shul on Shabbos Morning. Please use them with discretion.
Excuse Number 10: The Dog ate my Shabbos Shoes
Excuse Number 9: The Cholent overpowered me and wouldn’t let me leave the house
Excuse Number 8: I was meditating on a higher plane and lost track of existence
Excuse Number 7: It wasn’t Shabbos in Australia
Excuse Number 6: I was kidnapped and taken to the college football, and I only just escaped (and walked back on foot)
Excuse Number 5: Aliens landed on my front lawn and demanded that I take them to my leader, so I spent Shabbos with the Rebbe
Excuse Number 4: I davened at the earlier minyan (use with caution - sometimes this excuse is not believed)
Excuse Number 3: I’ve become an Amshenover Chasid and it is only Tuesday for me
Excuse Number 2: The Farbrengen went on too late last night after the Tisch
And Excuse Number 1: I was so engrossed in my daf yomi that I lost track of time
Originally from Wellington, New Zealand, Rabbi David Sedley now lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children. He currently teaches at both Midreshet Rachel and Darche Noam Yeshiva. Previously he served for four years in Scotland as the Rabbi of Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation, followed by four years as Rabbi of Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue in Leeds, England.
