Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Saints and Sinners: A great game for the Shabbos Table!

In the topsy turvy world of modern Chareidi Jewry, where Western 21st Century morality mixes uncomfortably with the morals of 5th Century BCE desert nomads and 2nd Century CE Babylonian urbanites, it's sometimes hard to tell who exactly is a Saint and who is a Sinner. To test your knowledge of contemporary Chareidi society, here's a little pop quiz. For each question, please answer Saint or Sinner. This is a great game for the kids by the Shabbos table, and can be an invaluable tool in teaching them mussar lessons!

Here's some example questions. All similarities to actual persons are entirely non-coincidental.

1. A Rabbi who runs a Yeshivah day school, but molests little boys. Saint or Sinner?
2. A Baal Teshuvah, who brutally murdered a park ranger. Saint or Sinner?
3. A big baal tzedakah, who also committed federal fraud. Saint or Sinner?
4. A huge macher and friend to the Gedolim, who possibly slept with a goyah?
5. A popular Rabbi, who tried to give semichah to a woman?
6. A godol, who refused to act on allegations of child abuse?

Feel free to make up you own questions.

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