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. Shmuel Yosef Agnon godheartjerusalem Change image and share on social
If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. Shmuel Yosef Agnon beverageblessdrink Change image and share on social
But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem. Shmuel Yosef Agnon bearjerusalemregard Change image and share on social
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. Shmuel Yosef Agnon awebookday Change image and share on social
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. Shmuel Yosef Agnon agefindhalf Change image and share on social
After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. Shmuel Yosef Agnon burngivegod Change image and share on social
I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it. Shmuel Yosef Agnon fatherlongsong Change image and share on social
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk. Shmuel Yosef Agnon cowdrinkdrop Change image and share on social
Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people. Shmuel Yosef Agnon brotherdesirejewish share on social
The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half. Shmuel Yosef Agnon beginningfatherhalf share on social
