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In memory of my PhD student Yinon Fleischman, killed on the border with Lebanon on October 29, 2023, survived by a wife and a baby. From the eulogies that were given for Yinon at his graveside, perhaps the most moving one concerning Yinon as a scholar was given by one of his brothers, who described how every time he encountered him, Yinon was carrying some esoteric book that he was in the middle of reading. His brother said that he could not possibly understand what or why Yinon was reading. This is a beautiful reflection on the breadth and depth of Yinon's intellectual mind. His death is a loss to the world and a loss to the world of knowledge.