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And why not? He is a Jew, isn't he? And what Jew doesn't know the holy significance of a Scroll? (Drinks.) Your health, your health. And may the Lord send His blessings to His people.

Your health, host. (Admonishing him.) And know, that a Holy Scroll is a wondrous possession. The whole world rests upon a Scroll of the Law, and every Scroll is the exact counterpart of the tablets that were received by Moses upon Mount Sinai. Every line of a Holy Scroll is penned in purity and piety. . . Where dwells a Scroll, in such a house dwells God himself. . . So it must be guarded against every impurity. . . Man, you must know that a Holy Scroll. ..

Rebbi, rebbi. . . I want to tell the Rebbi the whole truth, — the honest truth. . . I am a poor sinner. . . Rebbi, I'm afraid. ..

The man is a sincere penitent and it is our duty to befriend him. The Talmud counsels us to. Of course he understands the significance of