Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.
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Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.Shmuel Y. Agnon
For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.
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After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.
Shmuel Y. Agnon
Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people.
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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.
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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.
Shmuel Y. Agnon
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