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God in the Cave

JL;DR SUMMARY Avi Killip reflects on the story of Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai) as he hid from Roman persecution in a cave, where he and his son devoted their lives to Torah study. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Torah StudyMysticismElijahSocietal ImpactRashbiDivine RevelationFanaticismRoman PersecutionCaveSpiritual Isolation

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Israel
"Hiding from the Romans like a refugee pilgrim while his wife mourned absent husband and son whod fled for their lives and found spaciousness for study without bounds, endless echoes bouncing off walls while the miraculous carob tree and spring nourished forsaken bodies buried to their necks (except in prayer when theyd don their shirts and bow their heads to a divine protector)."

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