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“We don't ask that people become Bishnois, but we know that many of you care deeply about our planet and the trees, plants, and wildlife with which we share it. Please read this book, learn something about the Bishnoi, and see how we live our lives; it may help you live yours. - closing of preface by Ram Niwas Bishnoi Budhnagar”
― Martin Goodman, My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, Guardians of Nature

“But the result was momentous: Sadducees will have found themselves celebrating Shavuot, the fiftieth day of the omer counting, on a day different from other Jews.”
― Martin Goodman, A History of Judaism