"We have 613 commandments. The last one is probably the most important because it includes all the others: kitvu lachem et hashira hazot. To be Jewish means to be a poet. There is poetry in the Jewish existence and we are commanded to see its poetic dimension. We are to write it down in order to share it with as many people as possible; every Jew is commanded to read the Torah, to write it and thus transmit it."
Elie Wiesel "Against Silence"
