shifted into the chanting cadence in which the Talmud is studied: “The wax is the body and the wick [the thread] is the soul. Bring the flame of Torah to the soul; then the body will fulfill the purpose for which it was created. And that, Reb Yehuda, is what I try to do—to ignite the soul of every Jew with the fire of Torah, with the passion of our traditions, and with the sanctity of our heritage, so that each individual will fulfill the real purpose for which he or she was created.”
