If All The Seas Were Ink

A Memoir. At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the worlds largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for daily page of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about 600 years and the basis for all codes of Jewish law. A runner, a reader and a romantic, Kurshan adapted to its pace, attuned her ear to its poetry, and discovered her passions in its pages. She brought the Talmud with her wherever she went, studying in airplanes, supermarket lines, and over a plate of pasta at home, careful not to drip tomato sauce upon discussions about the sprinkling of blood on the Temple altar.