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Quote Identification
Religious Matters
Miscellaneous
100
The little blind boy who sleeps next to Reuven in the hospital
Who is Billy?
100
The branch of Judaism Danny belongs to for most of the book
What is Hasidism?
100
This character said: “How will I teach this mind what it is to have a soul? How will I teach this mind to understand pain? How will I teach this mind to understand pain? How will I teach it to want to take on another person's suffering?”
Who is Reb Saunders?
100
The title of the Jewish religious leader (for any sect)
What is the rabbi?
100
The place Danny and Reuven see each other for the first time
What is the baseball game/field?
200
Danny's younger brother
Who is Levi?
200
The name for Jews who are not observant of their faith
What is apikorsim?
200
This character said, “A father can bring up a child any way he wishes. What a price to pay for a soul.”
Who is David Malter?
200
The hotly debated book of Jewish writings and commentaries on them
What is the Talmud?
200
The graduate school Danny has chosen
What is Columbia?
300
Danny and Reuven's college Talmud teacher
Who is Rav Gershenson?
300
The title Danny is supposed to inherit from his father
What is tzaddik?
300
This character said, “You have to listen to (silence), and then you can hear it. It has a strange, beautiful texture. It doesn't always talk. Sometimes—sometimes it cries, and you can hear the pain of the world in it. It hurts to listen to it then. But you have to.”
Who is Danny Saunders?
300
Two of the branches of Judaism other than Reb Saunders'
What is Reform, Conservative, Orthodox or Reconstructionist?
300
The significance of Bobby
What is the name Reuven gives to Mr. Savo and Billy in the hospital?
400
Reuven's gym teacher/coach
Who is Mr. Galanter?
400
A Jewish grade school
What is a yeshiva?
400
This character said, “A life filled with meaning is worthy of rest. I want to be worthy of rest when I am no longer here.”
Who is David Malter?
400
The fringes on the corner of the prayer shawl
What is the tzitzit?
400
The professional Mr. Malter would like for Danny
What is a mathematics professor
500
Danny's psychology professor who discredits Freud
Who is Professor Appleman?
500
The book of Jewish mysticism
What is the Kabbalah?
500
"A teacher can also sometimes not know."
Who is Rav Gershenson?
500
The device tied around a man's head and arm worn during prayer
What is tefillin or phylacteries?
500
The location of David Malter's first big Zionist speech
What is Madison Square Garden?