All Rivers Flow into the Jordan

By Zekharya Chesno

W hat shall I compare a human life with? Perhaps the most suitable comparisonis that wi th a river. A river starts from a tiny brook and as it flows it gathersstrength and now calmly carries its waters, now begins to seethe and boil whenit comes across some rapids or another obstacle. And so it goes on until finally itswaters disappear in the sea.Since our early school years we had known what sea (or sometimes other river)a certain river falls into. Let us remember "The Nieman falls into the Baltic sea."Similarly, our lives also seemed to go in a simple, absolute order. But as time passedit became more and more evident that life is unpredictable and often asks suchquestions to which it is hard and sometimes even impossible to find single answers.Yes, I know very well where the rivers that flowed through my life finally cameinto: the Spree-into the Oder, the Viliya-into the Nieman, the Kama-into theVolga, the Cheptsa-into the Viatka.But besides physical geography my memory holds quite different geography.For me, a boy brought up in the Jewi sh tradition, since my young years the guidingstar had been Golden Jerusalem. All the roads in the world lead to this wonderfulunique city. And likewi se today I can claim that all the rivers of my life fall into theJordan.So, in my memoirs I want to tell about my life, about the things I have seen andthe people I have met on my way to the Jordan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1985782863
• ISBN13: 9781985782860
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.3"