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The first mystery is simply that there is a mystery, a mystery that can never be explained or understood, only encountered from time to time. Nothing is obvious. Everything conceals something else.

Lawrence Kushner

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Lawrence Kushner
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Rabbi
Detroit
Michigan
Everything
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Nothing
Explained
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Obvious
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Mystery
Never
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Time
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