with Talmud study and is taught in Hebrew. While to some this brief description of schooling and differences in language may seem insignificant, it is my belief that it was worth mentioning. It is one of the many devices that Potok uses to emphasize and solidify the differences between these two boys.
             The theme of opposition continues on a Sunday afternoon, in the early part of June, as two teams step onto a baseball field. Danny and Reuven become Potok's representatives of Orthodox Judaism and Hasidism. This idea is furthered in this scenario by each boy being put in leaders
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