He commanded himself to love Rachel Kugelheimer. He asked his G-d to smite him with passion for Rachel Kugelheimer. The head proposes, but sometimes the heart dozes. Then the heart wakes up and does what it will. The Rabbi smiled for a moment, but then he looked me in the eye.
Love is no man s slave.
It comes unbidden like laughter or temptation. Like faith, maybe. He prayed with the fervor of the pious. He rocked violently and his face was contorted with the passion of the village fiddler when he rode the music to another world. But it was no good.