Status Updates From The Forbidden Book

“‘Can a book be as powerful as entering Paradise? Surely not.’ ‘Paradise is a book,’ said Sam. ‘It’s a place built of the same Hebrew lettered that built the world. No book a human hand could write contains all of Paradise, but a book that captures even one chapter of it can change the world.’”

"'You went to a secular school?' Sorel asked, when the silence got too awkward for her. 'A Russian school?' She stopped herself before adding with boys? Because she was quite sure Adela would laugh at that. 'That's right,' said Adela. 'My mother saw that I liked reading, so I'd be the one to make the most of it.'"

“Sorel jogged to catch up. ‘Who’s Yoshke? Why shouldn’t a nice girl go see him?’ Adela turned a fierce look in her direction, and she felt her cheeks heat up. ‘I don’t even think you are a nice girl’, she defended herself. Adela laughed, a single sharp bark. ‘I just want to know what to expect,’ said Sorel. She desperately wanted to hide her face.”
😂

“Was THAT why the name ‘Israel Jacob’s’ had come to her?…’I want a word with him anyway. He owes me…’ She didn’t know what Isser owed her. Perhaps she would just give him a slap in the face and curse his ancestors for naming him something so simple, so uncreative that she could mistake it for a name she hadn’t heard.”

Enjoying Sorel/Israel’s runaway bride story so far!
(Going back to your own wedding feast for food is a bit of a risk, even with male disguise, but I like the chutzpah)

This book is nothing like I thought it was.