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In his youth he was inclined to solitude.

According to custom he married early, but he avoided intercourse with his wife ; she applied for a divorce, which he granted.

The same thing happened with a second wife.

When he was about twenty years of age, he began to develop unusual behaviors.

He would alternately sink into deep depression and isolation, or become filled with frenzied restlessness and ecstasy.

He felt compelled to eat nonkosher food, speak the forbidden name of God, and commit other " holy sins.