…of his talks and said, looking sad: ìit pains me to speak of god in the third person î when I reported this remark to Gershom Scholem, he shook his head and said: ìsometimes he does go too far î. Now it was in the third lecture that I got up my…

…character. Also he paused at one moment to say: it pains me to speak of god in the third person. When I told this to Gershom Scholem he said: well sometimes he does go too far. So I raised my hand and I said: Dr Buber There's a word being used here…