Last week, R. Rabbs had to run off early from Torah Talk because he had a Succah party in Calabassas to attend.
Last night on our show, R. Rabbs said: “I always like to dance [with men only]. Whenever there’s a dance party, I’m there. A Jewish dance party.
“Normally, during chol hamoed [Succoth], there’s going to be a dance party. They used to have them in the street all the time [in Pico-Robertson].
“I used to dance in the street every year for 20 years. That’s stopped.
“I saw on Facebook that some guy had posted that he was going to this dance party at the Calabassas yeshiva. They were having a dance party and a band. I asked a few questions.
“I went to the band’s web site. They looked for real.
“I was like, yeah, this is going to be hot. It was at this yeshiva. It said there were going to be 150 guys dancing. Yeah, I’m going to be there!
“I shlep out there. I get there and do you know what I see?
“It is supposed to start at 9 p.m. I get there at 9:30 p.m.
“They said, it’s going to be in the beis medresh.
“I go down to the beis medresh. There’s nothing going on down there. There are some kids moving some tables around, getting ready for the band.
“I look and it’s not the band. It’s one guy from the band with a keyboard.
“I looked and there were no 150 guys coming. I stayed there for 20 minutes. They still weren’t ready.
“I’d say that tops on the night, there were 15 guys in a circle with a guy playing a keyboard. This is not exactly what I drove out for.
“These weren’t yeshiva guys. These were like kids. The whole thing was creeping me out. What was I doing there. There would’ve been 14 14-year olds and Rabbs.
“I brought my flip camera so I could film myself dancing.
“Here’s the final thing that forced me out the door. I was there for 20 minutes and nobody said hello to me. They probably thought I was this creepy guy.”
Rabbi Rabbs at a heterosexual marriage
