The People and the Books Quotes

“During that long span of time, then, Jewish history would have to be written in other ways. It would become the story not of power, but of ideas and beliefs. And its most important turning points would not be the winning of wars or the building of monuments, but the writing of books.”
― Adam Kirsch, The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature

“You shall love the Lord your God . . . with all your might,” the Tsenerene interprets to mean “with all your resources”: “You should love God with your money. Your money should not be more beloved to you than a mitzvah.” It goes on to tell the story”
― Adam Kirsch, The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature