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‘Rabbi, Matisyahu shaved off his beard! Should I shave off mine?’

December 19, 2011 By Kathy Shaidle

“My” NYC rabbi, Simcha Weinstein, provides grief support for disillusioned Matisyahu fans:

We place too much of our own hopes and dreams into the hands of Jewish celebrities. Take the sporting arena: What happens when your favorite kosher-eating, kipah-wearing “Chasidic celebrity boxer” loses a bout? Do you suddenly stop wearing a kipah and keeping Shabbat?

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