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at The 92nd Street Y, New York. Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
Apr 06, 2006
In celebration of learning, Israel, Soviet Jews in Israel, “Purim behind us, Passover before us”, Shabbat (“a temple erected in time”) and forty years of being at the Y, Professor Wiesel reminds us that celebrating during the holidays is one of the 613 commandments. Returning to the story of Job, which was the subject of his first lecture at the Y, Professor Wiesel retells stories from Job, Nachman of Bratslav, The Gates of the Forest, The Town Beyond the Wall, The Jews of Silence and A Beggar in Jerusalem. Professor Wiesel tells us that when the time comes for him to be asked by the celestial tribunal what he did with his life, he will answer that he was there in Moscow for the celebration of Simchat Torah. And, he tells us, that he was there at the wall during the Six Day War when lamentations were superseded by rejoicing. Professor Wiesel concludes the evening with songs from his childhood, a time when there was more singing than now, insisting that ”celebration means music, means singing, words should become song.”
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