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by Haim Sabato (Author), Hillel Halkin (Translator)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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"Sophisticated and radiant." THE JERUSALEM REPORT The book "re-examines the pillars of religious belief in the crucible of an extreme situation - war." THE JERUSALEM POST"

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When war breaks out in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in their tank battalion, but in the chaos of battle the friends are separated. A month later, Haim returns alone, on his first leave home. As he struggles to come to terms with his experiences, weary and saddened but sustained by his religious faith, there is one question that remains uppermost in Haim's mind: What happened to Dov during those fateful days after the outbreak of war? Reminiscent of S.Y. Agnon, Sabato's compelling, poignant account tells the story of a young man who has to adjust not only the sights of his tank, but his understanding of the world he lives in.

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  • Paperback: 154 pages
  • Publisher: Toby Press (October 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159264127X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592641277
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #588,459 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars From one who knows, June 15, 2003
By "chaplainscott" (Currently in Iraq, normally in South Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adjusting Sights (Hardcover)
I am currently serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq and I just finished reading this wonderful book. As a religious person and a soldier it was amazing to me to read so many of my own thoughts and feelings in this book. This is a man who understands war and the part faith plays in the development of a soldier, as well as the resources soldiers may have in battle. He doesn't avoid the hard questions, but faces them head on. It is beautifully written, and the images will stay with me for a long time. The icing on the cake is the enhanced love the reader receives for the Land,the history and the People of Israel.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting!, August 24, 2003
By M. T. Guzman "squeakychu" (Rockville, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adjusting Sights (Hardcover)
Too realistic to be thought of as fiction, Sabato's engrossing accounty of a tanker gunner's experiences in the Golan during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in Israel blend traditional Jewish liturgy with wartime action. The story explores the grueling physical and psychological realities of war experienced as a soldier the Israeli tank corps. Haim relates his personal experience as he seeks to find an answer to what became of his yeshiva friend and study partner Dov who joined the tank corps at the same time that he did. This is a gripping account of what it means to be a soldier and how just one individual tries to cope in the chaos of an unexpected war. Long after the story ends, liturgical phrases will be sure to pop up with new meaning in the reader's mind! This, my friends, is the ultimate never-ending story.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Much more than a war memoir, April 29, 2003
By Book Lover "Review Guru" (Givat Zeev, Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adjusting Sights (Hardcover)
I read the novel in the Hebrew original -- and marked passages for sharing with friends and family! Using language that can be only described as beautfiul, the book brings us inside the deepest thoughts and fears and feelings of the yeshiva student turned soldier.

Rarely do we get to share the continuing struggles with memory and philosphy of a yeshiva head (the author is currently co-Rosh Yeshiva of the large and well-regarded Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Maaleh Adumim. For me the most revealing portion of the book was the return to query (challenge?) the Amishonver Rabbi who blessed the author and his best friend on the eve of battle. Like the rest of the book, the section with the Amishonver Rabbi makes no attmpt to tie loose ends toghether. Recommended!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot Say Enough About Adjusting Sights
Since I cannot say enough about Adjusting Sights, I will say very little.
From a literary, historical and religious perspective the author Rabbi Haim Sabato "Nails it:"... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Herschel Sennett

4.0 out of 5 stars A triumph of faith over fate
Although a bit repetitious at times, this is a work of passion. Young men, ripped from their studies, seek to wend their way through the chaos of war started on their holiest... Read more
Published on September 29, 2006 by Joel Ross

3.0 out of 5 stars Just Not For Me
This book is written with obvious love and passion. However, I was not able to become involved with the characters or get into the flow of the narration. Read more
Published on November 22, 2005 by Patrick Artz

5.0 out of 5 stars Poetic, Transcending, Supernal Novel of War and Spirit
I picked this book up in the Tel Aviv airport and read it from cover to cover on the plane ride back to New York. Read more
Published on November 29, 2004 by Charles Foster Kane

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book on a sad and painful reality
This is a book about the Yom Kippur War. It tells the story of one young religious soldier .It describes beautifully his neighborhood home synagogue . Read more
Published on November 7, 2004 by Shalom Freedman

5.0 out of 5 stars A Searing Memoir
This is a thinly fictionalized account of a young man's experience in war. It was the Arab-Israeli war of 1973--the Yom Kippur war--and our narrator is suddenly called from the... Read more
Published on January 10, 2004 by Louis N. Gruber

5.0 out of 5 stars no description suffices
A couple of years ago I read it in Hebrew, and the impression it has left is only increasing with time, as images unexpectantly resurface. Read more
Published on November 28, 2003 by knnmr

5.0 out of 5 stars A-MAZ-ING!
A terriffic account of one man's loss and recovery of his own soul. Haim Sabato provides an inside, in-depth look at the life of an Israeli tanker on the front lines, while... Read more
Published on November 6, 2003 by Jim

5.0 out of 5 stars Adjusting Sights Book Review
This book was written by a man whom I personally studied under while spending half a year at his Yeshiva in Maaleh Adumim, Israel. Read more
Published on April 28, 2003 by kiddrule

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