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> [“If there was any sliver of meaning, any sense of God's presence, it lay in the feeling of being away from the rules, away from the official eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/if-there-was-any-sliver-of-meaning-any-sense-of-god-s-presence-it-lay/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

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## More by Tova Mirvis

> [“There are few aspects of my family not imbued with Jewishness; it is braided through every memory, part of nearly every conversation and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/there-are-few-aspects-of-my-family-not-imbued-with-jewishness-it-is/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“Be good, said this teacher. be good, the community said. Be good, my name reminded me. But could the inside of your mind be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/be-good-said-this-teacher-be-good-the-community-said-be-good-my-name/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“Naomi remembered all the times she had decided to daven because she saw someone else with an open siddur, when she had made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/naomi-remembered-all-the-times-she-had-decided-to-daven-because-she/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“If there was any sliver of meaning, any sense of God's presence, it lay in the feeling of being away from the rules, away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/if-there-was-any-sliver-of-meaning-any-sense-of-god-s-presence-it-lay/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“I wanted to be moved but it was a performance I'd seen too many times. Here is the part of the service where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/i-wanted-to-be-moved-but-it-was-a-performance-i-d-seen-too-many-times/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“I tried to pray, but my mind kept wandering. Under all these brims and bows, what were people really thinking? There were few clues,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/i-tried-to-pray-but-my-mind-kept-wandering-under-all-these-brims-and/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“As my daughter nursed, I ran my hands over her tiny legs and silken cheeks, marveling at the mystery of such a small creature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/as-my-daughter-nursed-i-ran-my-hands-over-her-tiny-legs-and-silken/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“She remembered a story she had once heard: a woman had gossiped about her neighbors and later regretted what she said. She went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/she-remembered-a-story-she-had-once-heard-a-woman-had-gossiped-about/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“When we were teenagers, we would imagine that when we had daughters of our own, we wouldn't be so strict. We would give them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/when-we-were-teenagers-we-would-imagine-that-when-we-had-daughters-of/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“People bustled around me, in a Manhattan hurry, but I stopped walking. I stared at my reflection. It was hard not to rip off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/people-bustled-around-me-in-a-manhattan-hurry-but-i-stopped-walking-i/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

> [“If someone like Batsheva wanted to be Orthodox, there was surely something to it. Not that she doubted it (or at least she didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tova-mirvis/if-someone-like-batsheva-wanted-to-be-orthodox-there-was-surely/)

[Tova Mirvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tova-mirvis/)

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