Jewish Tradition quotes
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"Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away... Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense."
"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it."
"I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile woman, shave on a Saturday night and, most especially, never to shave a Gentile woman on a Saturday night."
"The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality."
"In Jewish tradition the Talmud is said to have been given on Sinai."
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"I come from a tradition - from the Jewish tradition, which believes in words, in language, in communication."