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The pimply-faced boy
Uncle Yitzchok is Aryeh’s brother, a jovial, down-to-earth, successful businessman who runs a jewelry and watch-repair shop. He teases young Asher about his future fame and later supports his art by setting up an attic studio for him. He even lets Asher live with him, his wife, and their several children when Asher refuses to move to Europe with his parents.
Uncle Yitzchok Quotes in My Name is Asher Lev
The My Name is Asher Lev quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Yitzchok or refer to Uncle Yitzchok. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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On Yom Kippur, I wept when I remembered my father’s weeping over the martyrdom of the ten sages. On Succos, I marched in the synagogue procession with the lulov and esrog my uncle had purchased for me. On Simchas Torah, I danced with a Torah scroll—and there on the edge of the crowd of thousands that always came to watch our joy on that day was Jacob Kahn. I pulled him into the line and we held the Torah together and danced. His small dark skullcap was as awkward on his head as was the grasp of his fingers upon the Torah. But we held it together and we danced.
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Uncle Yitzchok Quotes in My Name is Asher Lev
The My Name is Asher Lev quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Yitzchok or refer to Uncle Yitzchok. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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On Yom Kippur, I wept when I remembered my father’s weeping over the martyrdom of the ten sages. On Succos, I marched in the synagogue procession with the lulov and esrog my uncle had purchased for me. On Simchas Torah, I danced with a Torah scroll—and there on the edge of the crowd of thousands that always came to watch our joy on that day was Jacob Kahn. I pulled him into the line and we held the Torah together and danced. His small dark skullcap was as awkward on his head as was the grasp of his fingers upon the Torah. But we held it together and we danced.
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