But Israel is the one to affirm its holiness by observing the rules that make it different, that mark it off as holy.

然而以色列通过观察那些使之与众不同的,使之神圣的规则，肯定了它的神圣性。

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He wants to find a way to not so much redeem as affirm time and age and understand them not simply as a cause of despair or as a cause of defeat.

他想找到一种方式，不是去挽回,时间或年龄，而是承认它们,不将其仅仅理解为绝望或失败的原因。

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