In 1677 Moixina decided his sons were old enough. Guillem was fourteen; Joanot, twelve. He confessed it himself: he began teaching them the Law of Moses, «telling them to worship God, who had created heaven and earth, and to keep the commandments».
The second lesson comes in the same sentence: «and not to tell anyone what they saw done». Faith and secrecy were taught together, because one without the other was a death sentence.
Then came the great fast of Yom Kippur: twenty-four hours without food or water. «The elder fasted, but the younger could not manage it». Afterwards both boys asked their parents' forgiveness, as tradition requires.
In his own statement, Guillem added how the fast was broken in that house: his father prepared a lettuce, and they ate it with honey and vinegar.
Joanot, the boy who could not finish the fast, was voted to the stake thirteen years later. His sentence was commuted. His father burned in 1691.
