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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
Anita Diament
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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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