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Life
in Israel? It's Torah, science and family
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In a letter
written three years ago in mid-July, Larry described his life in Israel. "...
Between my yeshivah learning, work and family life, not much (else) gets done," he
said, in a tone bespeaking more contentment than complaint. "... What am I doing?" he went on, elaborating on each point in order: "1) Learning the sources of Jewish law as expounded in the Talmud - now particularly the laws of betrothal and marriage in the tractate [treatise] called Kiddushin; "2) Working in a research lab that is dealing with a particular enzyme (protein) which operates to control impulses across the synapse of the nerve. Generally, proteins, when made to unfold |
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refold to their native, functional structure once returned to normal, physiological
conditions. Our protein does not, and we are trying to understand why not; "3) Parallel -- and more difficult than these first two efforts -- I try to be a good husband and father...." |
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