Chapter 16 Summary

Reuven is stunned by Danny's presence and Danny simply says that the "ban has been lifted." Reuven asks Danny how he can stand the silence when it makes Reuven want to lose his mind. Danny replies that he has learned to live with the silence. Danny still only talks to his father during Talmud sessions. Reuven calls Reb Saunders crazy and sadistic.

Reuven tells his father that night about Danny's reemergence into his life. His father explains that the Jewish state is now a fact instead of an issue of debate. Therefore, Reb Saunders had to lift the ban because the issue was over and decided.

Reuven and Danny return to their old habits of the synagogue and the library. Reuven and Danny have intense debates during Rav Gershenson's class. Danny realizes that he now actually likes experimental psychology. Danny figures out that...