Originally published in Zvia Ginor, ed., Yakar Le’Mordechai: Jubilee Volume in Honour of Rabbi Mordecai Waxman. Essays on Jewish Thought, American Judaism, and Jewish-Christian Relations (Ktav Publishing House, Inc.: Temple Israel of Great Neck, NY 1998) In yeshiva circles they say: ‘One does not die because one has a difficulty in a given text.’…