If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth.
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.
I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.
After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.
I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel.
As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.
If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.
The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.
I'm excited for people to realize that I'm 25 years old and not a teenager anymore. . . even though I still look 18 and can't get into a bar to save my life!
For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously.
Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.