Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.

I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel.

Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.

I am generally ashamed to walk out in new clothes. And why am I ashamed? Is it because I don't want to embarrass the others who don't have new things? Or perhaps because a new coat makes you stand out, and you seem to be clothes and nothing else.

People's talk and the stories they tell have been engraved on my heart, and some of them have flown into my pen.

I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.

Sometimes small things lead to great joys.