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Echoes

JL;DR SUMMARY David Zvi Kalman's short story, "Echoes," cleverly imagines two modern-day students, Josh and Sara, utilizing a holographic version of Maimonides to study issues in Jewish law, specifically the intricacies of hearing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Rosh HashanahGemaraShofarMaimonidesMishnahHalachaRabbeinu NissimInterpretationAcousticsSound Waves

Places mentioned

Catalonia, Spain
"Me? Im from Catalonia! Nissim responded in a thick and flawless New York accent."
New York, United States
"Me? Im from Catalonia! Nissim responded in a thick and flawless New York accent."
Yeshiva University, New York, United States
"Then why do you look and sound like you teach at Yeshiva University?"
India
"My brother was a merchant, said Morris. He spent most of his time trading precious gems between Egypt and India."
Egypt
"My brother was a merchant, said Morris. He spent most of his time trading precious gems between Egypt and India."
Spain
"Moshe, my new friend, we are dead, said Morris."

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