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The Necessity of Exile
A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
amazon.comBut could I really embrace this life, which seemed so narrow after the broad expanses of Western culture? Where in this world was there a place for Mozart and Milton, Beethoven and Shakespeare?
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
The alternative is not escapism; it is a refugee spirituality—unsettled yet hopeful, tenuous but searching, eager to find the hometown we’ve never been to.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts

Rather than simply carrying fabrics, the Gershonites maintain the permeable membrane between holy and ordinary. They occupy liminal space between inside and outside, sacred and profane, protection and exposure. They are guardians of this boundary precisely because they embody boundary-crossing, something encoded in their very name. The name
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