Well, now it starts to get serious.

Rabbi Stan met with all of us who want to take the advanced studies courses with an eye on ordination this week, and he made one thing perfectly clear: if we have an eye on ordination, the time to start teaching and working doesn’t begin in the two-or-more-years-down-the-road period. It begins now.

Turn out there’s a lot in Sar Shalom that needs doing that hasn’t necessarily been getting done and folks like me are now the first place they’re gonna be looking. It’s a bit intimidating. Before I’ve even sat through one session with Stan and my fellow Torah students, I will be overseeing next week’s bar/bat mitzvah class. Meaning I’m trying to teach while also attempting to keep a group of energetic 10- to 12-year-old kids in line and on task.

Frankly, I’m worried that after one weekend of that, I’ll be looking into spending time to recover at Orlando villas rather than going after an ordination. But I digress. I’m sure I’ll manage. Fortunately, I’m going to be paired up the first time out with a fellow Torah student. So at least I won’t be alone.

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