The Thirty-Third Hour Quotes

“The Torah doesn’t waste words, he said. All it would have needed to say was, “A man who lies with a man.” But there were extra words. “As he would with a woman.” He said we might understand that to mean a man who would lie with a woman should not lie with a man, but a man who would lie with a man, the Torah doesn’t prohibit that.”
― Mitchell Chefitz, The Thirty-third Hour: A Novel

“after the service an elderly woman thanked him profusely for his wonderful sermon and asked when it might be published. ‘Posthumously,’ the rabbi said. ‘Well,’ said the woman, ‘I hope it’s soon.”
― Mitchell Chefitz, The Thirty-third Hour: A Novel

“that’s the real test now, isn’t it? Anyone can do what everyone else does. The difficult thing is to start a new path and convince everyone else it’s right.”
― Mitchell Chefitz, The Thirty-third Hour: A Novel

“Salvation is the action of an agency outside of yourself to get you out of a difficulty you can’t get out of yourself.”
― Mitchell Chefitz, The Thirty-third Hour: A Novel