Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure. The same applies to pleasures of the sight. And the same applies to pleasures of the ear.
But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth r… - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth r…
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon
On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you thi… - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you thi…
A home from which you can be ejected at any time is no true home. - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
A home from which you can be ejected at any time is no true home.
Through a historical catastrophe - the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor of Rome - I was born in one of the cities in the diaspora. But I alway… - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Through a historical catastrophe - the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor of Rome - I was born in one of the cities in the diaspora. But I alway…
Sometimes small things lead to great joys. - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Sometimes small things lead to great joys.
It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free. - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free.
Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days. - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.
Who were my mentors in poetry and literature? This is a matter of opinion. Some see in my books the influences of authors whose names, in my ignoranc… - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Who were my mentors in poetry and literature? This is a matter of opinion. Some see in my books the influences of authors whose names, in my ignoranc…
If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.
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