--- title: "1 Rabbi Said Quotes By Tova Mirvis" description: "1 Rabbi Said quotes by Tova Mirvis. Plus more from Tova Mirvis and more Rabbi Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/tova-mirvis-39973_rabbi-said_she-remembered-a-story-she-had-once-hear_2393170.jpg" --- > [“She remembered a story she had once heard: a woman had gossiped about her neighbors and later regretted what she said. She went to the rabbi and asked how she might take back her words. He instructed her to take…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/tova-mirvis-39973_rabbi-said_she-remembered-a-story-she-had-once-hear_2393170.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rabbi-said/tova-mirvis/#itemlist", "name": "1 Rabbi Said Quotes By Tova Mirvis", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She remembered a story she had once heard: a woman had gossiped about her neighbors and later regretted what she said. She went to the rabbi and asked how she might take back her words. He instructed her to take a feather pillow to the top of the highest hill and tear it open, letting the feathers fly every which way. Then, the rabbi said, she should return to him and he would tell her what to do. 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