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Here is episode #1051, “Reviewing the Situation,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live on YouTube, Saturday morning, Oct. 3, 2026.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician David Fagin, offers a Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Dakan), and sings the “Shmini Atzeret” song; Non-Greeley Times; Dave removes his Zio heart monitor; My Old Phlegm.
Guests: musician David Fagin; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Poo jokes, health issues, scary bridge 00:43:30 NON-GREELEY TIMES 01:14:30 MY OLD PHLEGM: dolphin basketball 01:19:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews David Fagin 02:26:00 SKIT: Heartfelt Zio-Nist 02:55:30 Friends of the Daverhood 03:02:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: Dakan, CO 03:08:30 DAVE GOES OUT w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon Oct. 3, 2026 Playlist: “Shmini Atzeret” (Rabbi Sol Solomon; 03:12:00)
For those curious about Rabbi Sol Solomon’s stage show, SHALOM DAMMIT!, which played July 31-Aug. 12, 2012 at NYC’s Roy Arias Theater Center, here’s the video of the show’s workshop as it was staged last spring at the Richmond Shepard Theater. Enjoy! To read the show’s rave reviews: http://www.totaltheater.com/?q=node/4575
“Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon” recorded live at NYC’s Richmond Shepard Theater, March 14, 2012. Cast: Rabbi Sol Solomon, Richard Shore (piano, guest vocal). Written by David Lefkowitz & Rabbi Sol Solomon. Directed by David Lefkowitz. Directorial Consultant: J. David Blatt. Musical Director: Richard Shore. Stage Manager/Lighting Board Operator: Bill Bradford. Videography: Evan Seplow. Running time: 1 hr, 57 min. To bring “Shalom Dammit!” to your theater, community center or halal slaughterhouse, contact Rabbi Sol: Shalomdammit@aol.com.
SONGS: 00:06:00 “Yeshiva Boy” 00:15:00 “I Know What Goys Like” 00:41:00 “Then You’re Jewish” 01:00:00 “So You Wanna Be a Jew” 01:09:00 “Shmini Atzeret” 01:31:00 “This Land” 01:44:00 “When Jewish is What You Are” 01:49:00 (encore) “The Bagel Boat Song”
Joined by accompanist Richard Shore, Rabbi Sol Solomon tells tales of this lesser-known Jewish holiday.
This song was written for the live stage show, Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, which was filmed March 14, 2012 during the play’s run at off-off-Broadway’s Richmond Shepard Theater.
To date, the song has not been played on the “Dave’s Gone By” program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes are available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), Spotify, and on DavesGoneBy.com.
All content (c)2012 TotalTheater Productions.
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SHMINI ATZERET
(Lyrics: David Lefkowitz. Music: Cab Calloway and Irving Mills’s “Minnie the Moocher”)
This is a song about Shmini Atzeret It’s just three minutes – if you can bear it We sit around in the Sukkah together Hoping for peace and half-decent weather
Chai dee chai dee chai dee chai Cho dee cho dee cho dee cho Chee dee chee dee chee dee chee Cho dee cho dee cho
I sit all day with a bible in front o’ me Until I reach the end of Deuteronomy We dance around, say prayers, and then we have to start with Genesis all over again
Chai dee chai dee chai dee chai Ribbity bibbity bobbity bay Oosha oosha oosha boom Cho dee cho dee chay
There was a Rabbi on this happy day He drank too much and got carried away They found him crouching behind the Sukkah Strung out on crank with an underage hooka
Oy dee oy dee oy dee oy Tradition! Yodel odel odel le hee Cho dee cho dee cho
There was a Rabbi, we’ll call him “Freddy” He did brisses, but his hands were not steady They tracked him down; what they saw was creepy They found three knives and a sack full of peepees
Oh dee oy dee oy dee oy Hey sexy lady! Spiddleeobledeebahboodleebobbledee, etc. (gibberish) Cho dee cho dee cho
Well, that’s the story of Shmini Atzeret I’m glad that you, my friends, were here to hear it It may be minor, but one thing is sure I’ll take it any day over Yom K’friggin-pur
Chai dee chai dee chai dee chai Cho dee cho dee cho dee cho Chee dee chee dee chee dee chee Cho dee cho dee cho
