I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. … - Yehuda Amichai

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Yehuda Amichai

I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.

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