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Libera's mother, Jadwiga, often read aloud to him the monologue of Meshulach from An-ski's Dybbuk. "At the edge of the world rises a high mountain, and on this mountain lies a huge stone. And from this stone gushes a pure spring. At the other end of the world beats the heart of the world, for every thing in the world has a heart, and the whole world has one great heart. And the heart of the world does not take its eye off the pure spring. It cannot saturate itself with its sight. It longs and desires.... It tears out in its desire for that pure source. However, he cannot take the slightest step toward it. For as soon as he moves from his place, he loses sight of the top of the mountain, and with it the pure spring. And if the heart of the world did not see the pure spring for even a small moment, it would lose its vital force. And with that, the death of the world would begin. And the pure source has no time of its own. It lives on the time given to it by the heart of the world. And the heart gives it only one day. And when the day is over, the pure source carries a song to the heart of the world. And the heart of the world reciprocates to the pure spring with a song. And their song flows throughout the world. And radiant threads weave from that song. And they weave these threads from one heart to another and to the hearts of all the things of this world. And there is a just and noble husband in the world, who goes and gathers from hearts these bright, radiant threads and spins time from them. And when he has spun one day of life, he gives it to the heart of the world, and it offers it to the pure source. And so it lives another day.” Libera's mother, Jadwiga, kept repeating that this was one of the most important things ever written, and asked that Libera take a picture based on it once he understood what the text was about.