Ep 5 – Back to School and Elul

09/02/22 • 41 min

Sending our kids off to school makes us reminisce about our college experiences, which seem like yesterday. Somehow we also find a way to tie the Ben & Jerry’s divestiture controversy to erotic pasta. We end by discussing the various traditions of the Jewish month of Elul, and how they should help us prepare for Rosh Hashanah.
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A Rabbi and a Lawyer Walk Into a Bar - Ep 5 – Back to School and Elul

Transcript

00:00:07.830

Welcome to a rabbi and a lawyer. Walk into a bar, a podcast with relatively well informed and a Reverend musings on religion, news and society. And now for your hosts, rabbi Asher Lopez, Patton and John Garinger.

00:00:29.920

Hey Asher. Hey John, how are you? I'm all right. I'm tired. I just drove five hours today. Actually, my wife drove five hours today while I was reading a good book while taking my kid to college. And you took your kid to colleg