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Showing posts with label The Torah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Torah. Show all posts

Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Slave - pg. 40

He tortured memory and things he had long forgotten appeared. His was a never ending struggle with Purah, the lord of oblivion. In this battle force and persuasion were both necessary; patience was also required, but concentration was most important of all. Jacob sat midway between the barn and rock, concealing himself with weeds and the branches of a midget pine. He mined within himself as men dig for treasure in the earth. It was slow work; he scratched sentences in the earth. It was slow work; he scratched sentences, fragments of sentences, single words into the stone. The Torah had not disappeared. It lay hidden in the nooks and crannies of his brain.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Slave - pg. 18

"Where is the Torah? In Josefov?"
"The Torah is everywhere."
"How can it be everywhere?"
"The Torah tells how a man should conduct himself."

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