Mitzvah quotes

Mitzvah

24 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist

"There were lots of little boys having their bar mitzvahs all over the world, and they sent me tapes of some of them that they interviewed, probably six or seven little boys, and there was something about Mendel. I just loved his little face. I loved the energy of Mendel."

Simon Rich
Simon Rich Writer

"I never really liked "cool" books. I plowed through as much Borges and Joyce as possible, read the first half of V. and spent whole Bar Mitzvah checks on Beat poetry."

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