”A fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth – as he has maimed a human being, so shall he be maimed.
The greatest piece of music ever written in the history of the universe is of course the Bach Double Concerto for Two Violins in D minor. Surely, you of all people agree.
”Should a man set aside a votieve offering in the value fixed for persons to the Lord, the value for the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels…”
Caitlin had sometimes wondered what Taylor might look like with his shirt off. Now she found out.
And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You done evil to Your servant, and why have I not found favor in Your eyes, to put the burden of all this people upon me?”
When New York arts journalists asked “The Prophet”, Vic Fine, what dreams he had for his theater company, his stock answer was “My hope is that it flourishes and can touch as many hearts as possible.” Vic’s wife Hannah knew that what Vic really wanted was to shut the whole thing down.
”Now Korah… together with two hundred and fifty Israelites… combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and Adonai is in their midst. Why then do you raise yourselves above Adonai’s congregation?””
“I sold this company for a billion. After what those idiots have done to it, I wouldn’t buy it back for a nickel on the dollar!”
”God said: “You and your brother Aaron take the rod and assemble the community, and before their very eyes order the rock to yield its water. “
Raymond Katz slammed the door behind him as he entered his home, burdened with four shopping bags.
”And the Lord spoke to Moses saying “Phinehas…turned away My wrath from the Israelites when he zealously acted for My zeal in their midst.”
All communities are peaceful until they’re not.
