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One brilliant example: In the middle of a breathtaking exposition of the religious weight of hakhnasat orchim (hospitality), he counterbalances Kierkegaard’s explanation of the Akedah. The great Dane justifies Abraham’s willingness to
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“Draw every bad word you’ve ever called yourself on your body. Stand in the shower and pay attention to the way the words turn back into ink and disappear down the drain.”
― How to be Happy: Not a Self-Help Book. Seriously
― How to be Happy: Not a Self-Help Book. Seriously
“Every week 10,000 tons of food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies are sent by Israel to Gaza.”
― Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
― Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
“A person was like a city. You couldn't let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don't like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”
― A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography
― A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography
“By reading holy literature as if it were a dream, we gain access to a primary mode of our collective unconscious.”
― The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness
― The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness
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