ITT-J’s serialized release of our authorized edition of Maggid Dovid Wilk’s journals will continue throughout this year. The Book of Mars, to be released next year in a collected, annotated edition with an introduction by Dr. Shabazz Cohen, chronicles the Amazoner’s origins, his encounters with Rabbi Chen and the Martian community, and the spiritual journey through space and time to confront the death of his only son and resolve the question of his own place in the cosmos.
I: Snow
When I was a boy it snowed in New York.
II: Grave
Riki is a hole in my torso, at the place where my stomach and lungs and heart all come together.
III: Kol Nidre
But who – really – was at fault?
IV: Yom Kippur
Let me count my blessings on my hand — one, two, three.