Rabbinical Posers Poem by Jonathan Goldman a.k.a JGthepoet

Never ask a Rabbi a Question,
“Why’s that? ” ~ I hear you say,
For the Answer he does give you,
You must obey, to the letter, each day.

So how do I get my Answer
To the Religious Problem I do have?
Choose your Rabbi wisely,
Lest the Answer he gives to you is ‘Bad’.

Is there another answer for my Quandary?
There is ~ My late Father told me,
Is to Ask for the Rabbi’s ‘Opinion’,
Then you can take it, if it does please thee.

With ‘Opinions’ you can ask other Rabbanim,
With a ‘Question’ you can ask but one,
I’ll never ask another Question,
Lest the Answer is an Unpleasant One.

My Father was a Great Rabbi,
Respected in Lands Far and Near,
This Advice should be Heeded and Remembered,
When you seek an Answer that you wish to hear.


(13 April 2007)