Matti Friedman
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“The stadium was quiet. Cohen raised his hands and parted his fingers. He switched from English to Hebrew—not the new Hebrew of the Tel Aviv streets but the archaic language of the synagogue and the Diaspora, of the old men at the Gate of Heaven, the language of the priests, fifteen words. He blessed the people, and left the stage.”
― Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
― Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
“At first these stories were one of many threads making up the national life of the Jews. They also had a land, and a language, and a temple that was the center of their religion. But that changed with the destruction of the temple by Rome in AD 70 and the exile of the Jews. There was no precedent for a scattered people’s remaining a people; dispersion meant disappearance. If the Jews were to be an exception, instead of being bound by a king, a temple, or geography, they needed to be bound by something else, something portable. What emerged was the idea that a people could be held together by words.”
― The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books
― The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books
“You need the instinct of a person who knows how to fit in, to remove the sharp edges and curve into the society." But when he wasn't a spy yet, just a proud youth perceptive enough to notice condescension, it hurt to round his edges.”
― Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
― Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
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