“It is better to go to the house of mourning,” states the book of Ecclesiastes, “than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.” Providing a possible rationale for this grim injunction, Chaya Sara Oppenheim discusses with Ari Lamm how and why the ḥasidic cemetery of Monsey, New York became a Jewish pilgrimage site. The two also broach the cultural vision of Cynthia Ozick, belief in miracles, and much else besides. (Audio, 39 minutes.)
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