
Put it Down in a Book
The title comes from Yitzchak Luria: ‘Writing is impossible because all things are related. I can hardly open my mouth to speak without feeling as though the sea burst its dams and overflowed. How then shall I express what my soul has received, and how can I put it down in a book?’
Rather than interpreting that as a cry of despair, or an expression of mystical awe (which is how the good rabbi consc...
The title comes from Yitzchak Luria: ‘Writing is impossible because all things are related. I can hardly open my mouth to speak without feeling as though the sea burst its dams and overflowed. How then shall I express what my soul has received, and how can I put it down in a book?’
Rather than interpreting that as a cry of despair, or an expression of mystical awe (which is how the good rabbi consc...