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The Squatter

“Some time ago (I can’t say when) it leeched into my thoughts as through a cracked wall, / a breach in my otherwise fortified mind.”

Divine, God, Kohelet, loneliness, Sukkot

a close=up of cracks in a wall, the surface is blue in places and beige below

Tipat Torah: Am I Aging Like a Date Palm?

On Sukkot, we read the words of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), a person bitterly reflecting on his older years. Does aging have to be negative, calling everything that brings pleasure pointless?

aging, Kohelet

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