Moni Ovadia
Published by: EINAUDI
Stile Libero Series Year of publication: 2008 ISBN 9788806194383 pages: 178 Euro 11,00
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Vai a te stesso (2008) - (Go to yourself) "Amidst the city's noise, in the confusion created by too many messages and excessive consumerism, is it possible today to stop and listen to the interior voice which spoke to Abraham and told him to destroy the idols, to «go to himself»", to «go to the desert»? And just what is a «desert», today? Moni Ovadia's answer is yes, it is possible to listen to that voice. Even more, it is necessary. And to hear it, you do not need to leave this world, but to endow it with sense.With the grace of the story teller and street performer, as he defines himself, he proposes a narrow path which, however, any one of us may travel for the achievement of a condition of permanent freedom, the "sanctification" of everyday life which perhaps represents the most amazing and vital heritage the Jewish tradition has bequeathed to all men. This is what still cannot be forgiven the Jews: monotheism, that is to say, the discovery that we are all equal before a single God. Even free to put his existence to the vote, as Ovadia tells us with a delightful rabbinic story..." «This little book has a great dream: to topple a prejudice. But even if it managed to open just a crack in that prejudice, it would be worth the money»."
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