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The Shofar and the Dog

Shliach Rabbi Benny Zippel of Salt Lake City, Utah, blows the Shofar with some help from a friendly pooch. Video

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RABBI ZIPPEL DOES NOT HAVE A DOG!!!!!!!!!!!
August 31, 2009 3:13 pm

Ok, He does NOT have a dog and this video clip is so funny! 😀

lol
August 31, 2009 6:57 am

go dog! u are a HOT dog…. corny

ya
August 31, 2009 6:57 am

all you, its not his dog!
and if he has such fear of dogs, how is he so easygoing and calm when he sees one?

he doesnt have a dog!! it is probably someone elses!!
August 30, 2009 12:46 pm
it was the dog's woof woof the shabbos before
August 30, 2009 8:01 am
Super funny!
August 30, 2009 1:36 am

Go shliach, go!

Hot Dog
August 30, 2009 12:03 am

A Shaliach shouldn’t have a family dog. Ess past nisht!! And it IS very concerning!!! Unless, of course, it helps him in doing his shalichas…which may be the case here. Then it would be TOTALLY justified, under the special circumstances. But such an exception wouldn’t give a blanket heter for all other shaluchim to start having family dogs. The only dogs a shaliach should have are frankfurters (aka hot dogs).

Wag the Tail
August 30, 2009 12:02 am

How did the shaliach train his dog to do tekios? Will his dog also shake the lulov on succos? Great idea!! Having a J-dog doing mivtzoyim: lighting chanuka menorah, howling at haman’s name, fetching the afikoman matzah…wow, very creative!!

Trained Dog
August 27, 2009 6:01 am

How did the shaliach train his dog to do tekios?

I Remember his bris
August 26, 2009 7:04 pm

We came in from England. It was a beautiful bris – the day he was neutered.

you people crack me up.
August 26, 2009 6:14 am

i have seen dogs react to the shofar like that many times and its always a trip. Remember the dogs allowed us to leave mitzrayim undisturbed. There ARE dogs that aren’t pitbulls out there, and are WAY better than cats. YUCH!

Benny Zippel own a dog?!?!
August 26, 2009 3:05 am

#7…before you write your nonsense, maybe do some research! Anyone who knows Benny Zippel knows that his fear of dogs rivals nothing! The fact that you’d think he’d actually own that dog is almost as funny as that video!

Very curious
August 26, 2009 2:17 am

why does a shliach have a dog??? its a non kosher animal!!!!

funny
August 26, 2009 2:03 am

someone should send this to americas funnies videos.

wof wof
August 26, 2009 1:20 am

from your friend the doggy

he is a gilgul
August 25, 2009 10:50 pm
awesome
August 25, 2009 7:44 pm

rabbi zippel keep up the amazing work u do

lol
August 25, 2009 4:22 pm

So funny, hey, why can’t a dog be spiritual?

A hoont
August 25, 2009 3:29 pm

Is it Zippel’s family dog? The horoah: Doggone it – a shaliach shouldn’t take his dog along on a peulah. Or better, a shaliach shouldn’t bichlal have a hoont. Although dog spelled backwards is…and we read from right to left. But och un vay to such a dog inspired g-d.

funny
August 25, 2009 1:26 pm

its a morman dog

Priceless
August 25, 2009 1:00 pm

I bet this YouTube will have thousands of hits .. and will be featured on News, and YV shows across the world.

I love it! WTG Benny!

Baalshemsk FAN!
August 25, 2009 11:05 am

Not soo funny! (my wife’s intuition has a stellar tracrecord!! really! she is always 100% airily accurate with her hunch’s) when she saw the dog walk up! she shreeked, “its a gilgul” of …. (omitted name out of respect for the dead) she named a well known opponent to the Lubavich’er Rebbeh, who has past away in israel about 10 years ago, she says, he was kept to a very old age as a zechus for torah study, to have a chance to do teshuva! she firmly believes this dog to be host to his reincornated soul so he may… Read more »

lol!!!
August 25, 2009 10:31 am

I cant stop laughing!!

benny
August 25, 2009 9:57 am

very funny

a motown friend

Nelio

cool!
August 25, 2009 9:45 am

have a happy Rosh Hashonah

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