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* TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: Reuven is introduced to the insular and hostile Hasidic community in a game against Danny, the heir to a large local rabbinate of which his father is the respected leader. He goes on to become close friends with him and be further immersed in their community.
* ThePatriarch:Rebbe Reb Saunders.
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* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Danny's younger brother, Levi. [[spoiler:He ends up becoming heir to Reb Saunders.]]
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* AdultFear: Reuven is hit in the face with a baseball and gets a shard of glass in his eye. While Reuven ultimately makes a full recovery, it's clear that his father is traumatized by this and worries no end during the early stages before it becomes evident that Reuven's vision will not be harmed.
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** Reuven gets is hit in the face with a baseball to and gets a shard of glass in his eye. While Reuven ultimately makes a full recovery, it's clear that his father is traumatized by this and worries no end during the glasses...early stages before it becomes evident that Reuven's vision will not be harmed.
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* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Danny's father deliberately makes errors in front of the whole congregation in a homily on Rabbinic lore to see if Danny can catch it. He usually does. On one occasion it is Reuven that catches it proving that he is also a SmartGuy. Danny tells Reuven that his father will stop planting the mistakes when he starts studying under Rav Gershonson.
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* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Danny's father deliberately makes errors in front of the whole congregation in a homily on Rabbinic lore to see if Danny can catch it. He usually does. On one occasion it is Reuven that catches it proving that he is also a SmartGuy.TheSmartGuy. Danny tells Reuven that his father will stop planting the mistakes when he starts studying under Rav Gershonson.
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* AdultFear: Reuven is hit in the glasses with a baseball, which it's feared may cause blindness. While Reuven ultimately makes a full recovery, it's clear that his father is traumatized by this and worries no end during the early stages before it becomes evident that Reuven will recover.
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* AdultFear: Reuven is hit in the glasses face with a baseball, which it's feared may cause blindness. baseball and gets a shard of glass in his eye. While Reuven ultimately makes a full recovery, it's clear that his father is traumatized by this and worries no end during the early stages before it becomes evident that Reuven Reuven's vision will recover.not be harmed.
* ArrangedMarriage: Both Danny and his sister are already promised to future spouses. His sister goes through with the marriage, but Danny doesn't.
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** Also, Tony Savo, who loses an eye to an unspecified injury.
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** Also, While in the hospital, he is next to a man named Tony Savo, who loses an eye to an unspecified injury.(boxing?) injury.
* FightingForAHomeland: The pro-Zionist position on the State of Israel, ''especially'' once the horrors of the Holocaust come to light.
* FightingForAHomeland: The pro-Zionist position on the State of Israel, ''especially'' once the horrors of the Holocaust come to light.
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* InsufferableGenius: Rebbe Saunders' brother had been this, which is why he was desperate to prevent his son from becoming this, and thus becoming unfit to be a Rebbe. (He didn't mind the "genius" part, of course. Just the "insufferable".)
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* InsufferableGenius: In Rebbe Saunders' brother had been this, which is why words, a "mind without a soul." When he realized how brilliant Danny was, he was desperate to prevent his son from becoming this, and thus becoming unfit to be a Rebbe. (He didn't mind the "genius" part, of course. Just the "insufferable".)
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* {{Irony}}: Reuven actually eventually ''does'' want to be a Rabbi.
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* JewsLoveToArgue JewsLoveToArgue: Most of the verbal conflicts in the book are a form of academic jousting around the Talmud -- serious but mostly just a contest of skill. On the topic of the State of Israel, however, the CultureClash is so profound that people stop speaking to one another over it.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Subverted. When Reuven shows some interest in Danny's sister, he reacts as if it's this trope -- and then explains that she's already got an ArrangedMarriage lined up.
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Hebrew's "resurrection" in fact began several decades before the creation of the State of Israel
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** Reuven too, although he never quite gets the credits he deserves due to being constantly overshadowed by Danny. Reuven did, after all, managed to read through Bertrand Russell's ''[[DoorStopper Principia]]'' for fun (in High School), managed to recognize an obscure ''gematria'' on the fly (which requires a good knowledge of Hebrew--this was before the creation of Israel resurrected Hebrew, so only scholars would have learned it--and the ability to do mental arithmetic at light speed), and knows the Talmud well enough to start doing textual reconstructions.
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** Reuven too, although he never quite gets the credits he deserves due to being constantly overshadowed by Danny. Reuven did, after all, managed to read through Bertrand Russell's ''[[DoorStopper Principia]]'' for fun (in High School), managed to recognize an obscure ''gematria'' on the fly (which requires a good knowledge of Hebrew--this was before the creation of Israel resurrected Hebrew, so only scholars would have learned it--and the State of Israel, when the revival of Hebrew as a vernacular was still in its infancy--and the ability to do mental arithmetic at light speed), and knows the Talmud well enough to start doing textual reconstructions.
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* HourglassPlot: While both are religious Jews, Danny is the designated heir to a Hasidic dynasty, whereas Reuven seems more secular-oriented in his interests--yet by the end [[spoiler:Danny goes to college to study psychology, whereas Reuven studies to become a rabbi.]]
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* HourglassPlot: While both are religious Jews, Danny is the designated heir to a Hasidic dynasty, whereas Reuven seems Reuven's background is relatively more secular-oriented in his interests--yet secular--yet by the end [[spoiler:Danny goes to college to study psychology, whereas Reuven studies to become a rabbi.]]
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* HourglassPlot: While both are religious Jews, Danny is the designated heir to a Hasidic dynasty, whereas Reuven seems more secular-oriented in his interests--yet by the end [[spoiler:Danny goes to college to study psychology, whereas Reuven studies to become a rabbi.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The main characters start out in high school and go on to college while historical events are mentioned as occurring, including D-Day, the end of World War II, and the creation of the State of Israel. Somehow, though, the year 1946 gets skipped along the way.
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* AdultFear: Reuven is hit in the glasses with a baseball, which it's feared may cause blindness. While Reuven ultimately makes a full recovery, it's clear that his father is traumatized by this and worries no end during the early stages before it becomes evident that Reuven will recover.
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