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The title is a bit of a tongue twister, but the story is really good. It has just the right amount of repetition to drive the narrative and pin the ritual (featured in the title). I didn't get the feeling that the story was a fable or true, so it was a surprise to learn that it is both. The MC: the ox was not named, but an ox did once teach a man a lesson about Shabbat. And that man was Rabbi Yohanan ben Torta. The author named this ox Shoshi
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