This is why one of the most prominent examples of G-d’s grace in the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, is Sarah’s ability to bear Isaac in her old age. And yet Jewish tradition is clear-eyed and compassionate about the very real toll that aging exacts. In recounting this episode, the ancient rabbis suggest that both the intact tablets and the broken tablets were ultimately stored in the Ark of the Covenant, effectively equally sacred objects. In a striking passage from the Babylonian Talmud, Rav Yosef likens the broken tablets to a Torah scholar who forgets what he has learned in sickness or old age. Just as the broken tablets were kept in a place of great honor, so too must we treat the rabbi as a great sage.