Originally published in The Jewish Gazette, September (year unknown). But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord . . . (Jonah I, 3) Jonah, the prophet of the Lord, knew, remarks the Midrash, that God is everywhere, that you cannot fly from Him in space. What then was the purpose…
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