Hot Bench
Judge Judy
Judge Faith
Judge Mablean
Judge Karen
Judge Ross
Judge Marilyn Milian
If you want to have a blast one day, check out all the television shows featuring judges. You can spend an entire day watching this stuff. From the obviously pretend (pretty much anything on
Justice Central) to the supposedly real (People's Court), these things are a hoot.
The judges' attitudes range from kind and compassionate to downright nasty. Some address themselves in the 3rd person (or the 3rd object), as in "The Court will receive this evidence."
No matter how they comport themselves, the judges are the gods of the courtroom.
While some of their judgments appear totally capricious, there is no recourse. There are no courts of appeal from daytime court TV. Emotional appeal is useless.
But that's not the way I think of God when I approach the High Holidays. The God of my חשבון הנפש, my cheshbon hanefesh, my accounting of my sins, is compassionate, discerning, loving, willing to hear every appeal.
I have a feeling my God wouldn't succeed on tv; that's probably a good thing.
Judge Judy
Judge Faith
Judge Mablean
Judge Karen
Judge Ross
Judge Marilyn Milian
If you want to have a blast one day, check out all the television shows featuring judges. You can spend an entire day watching this stuff. From the obviously pretend (pretty much anything on
Justice Central) to the supposedly real (People's Court), these things are a hoot.
The judges' attitudes range from kind and compassionate to downright nasty. Some address themselves in the 3rd person (or the 3rd object), as in "The Court will receive this evidence."
No matter how they comport themselves, the judges are the gods of the courtroom.
While some of their judgments appear totally capricious, there is no recourse. There are no courts of appeal from daytime court TV. Emotional appeal is useless.
But that's not the way I think of God when I approach the High Holidays. The God of my חשבון הנפש, my cheshbon hanefesh, my accounting of my sins, is compassionate, discerning, loving, willing to hear every appeal.
I have a feeling my God wouldn't succeed on tv; that's probably a good thing.
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