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You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.
Elie Wiesel
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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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Judaic Scholar
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[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.
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It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.
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