If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure.More Shmuel Yosef Agnon quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Shmuel Yosef Agnon quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.More Shmuel Yosef Agnon quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure. The same applies to pleasures of the sight. And the same applies to pleasures of the ear.More Shmuel Yosef Agnon quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.More Shmuel Yosef Agnon quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]