This was one of the last films I watched with Sixto Enriquez Rivera, if not the last. If he was interested, he would sit up on the edge of his bed. Dad sat up for this movie and provided commentary. I sat next to him. It seemed like all of his past favorite movies were on late in life, like Rocky, The Godfather Trilogy, and Superman, but he didn't show much interest in them anymore, but The Way Home riveted us. He could still recite words from the Television Monitor, if the letters were large enough. He preferred Sunglasses over Eyeglasses. I posit he enjoyed seeing the light of being Mildly Visually Impaired. I also believe he wanted to keep the World Abstract.
LAZER BRODY: The Malbim explains the words, "One thing I ask of Hashem, that which I desire," to mean that Dovid Hamelech's one aspiration embodies all of his desires: To serve Hashem, to understand His ways, and to spend all his days in the House of Hashem, praying and learning Torah.
Achat sha'alti me'eit Adonai, otah avakesh (2x)Shivti b'veit Adonai, kol y'mei chayayLachazot b'noam, b'noam Yah, u'l'vaker b'heikhalo (2x)
One thing I ask, I ask of You, I earnestly pray for (2x)That I might dwell in Your house all the days of my lifeKnowng the beauty, the beauty of You, and to dwell in Your holy place! (2x)
