It’s a concept from Halacha – that the laws of Judaism can be broken if a life is at stake. We got to see the premier of the play at the Cameri two days ago.
it’s a remarkable play – but impossible to translate in detail. Every sentence has a reference to religious literature, and it is ingenious. But the plot is important to understanding some of the greatest conflicts of the society – the struggle between the religious life and the attempts to create an alternative culture.
In this case it is the struggle of the only son in a religious family between studying torah and writing poetry. There is so much poetry that develops from religious writings that although the play seems to indicate that the worlds are incompatible, they enrich each other. They do, in fact, save each other.
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This is the third time this year I’ve had to get one of those 24 hour heart monitors. Each time from a different place. The first time I thought they might find something, and the queue for health-care monitors were long, so I paid privately. The second time I got an appointment not far from my neighborhood, and there was a great time had with the nurses – lots of jokes and good feelings inspired by the fact that both the Covid numbers were down and I was sure my heart was in no immediate danger. This time, the available location was in Jaffa, and the only problem was the traffic and getting there. Forty minutes each way, and tomorrow morning I have to return it. 