With copies in other libraries, people could still find the photos when one archive closed. Jin and Ara moved the originals to a safer place and recorded which library kept each copy. Storing records in different places helps when people know what to look for and where to find it.
A modern interpretation for this story
A question to take with you
If I couldn't get to the place holding a record I care about, where else would I want to be able to find it?
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About the source and this adaptation
In the Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 87b:18–19, Rabbi Oshaya reads Judges 5:11 as describing God's kindness in scattering the people of Israel among several nations. The dialogue that follows concerns the threat of persecution and extermination of Jewish communities. Oshaya answers that one ruler cannot destroy all the Jews because they do not all live in that kingdom. The wisdom line paraphrases his reply. Jin, Ara, the water entering the archive and the libraries keeping copies of photos are modern fiction created with AI assistance.
