“Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba…May His name be celebrated and sanctified…”

—  Elie Wiesel , book Night

whispered my father.
For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?
Night (1960)

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