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After we have proved that it is more suitable for man to be careful with the rational commandments than with all other types of commandments, we must say that this exalted commandment, i.e…
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Elijah Capsali
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Early 16th Century
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Reform Judaism is the second historical distortion of the Jewish religion. For the service of God through Torah and Mitzvoth as the end of religion, the Reform movement substitutes an end the Jewish…
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Yeshayahu Leibowitz
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1975
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For us, contemporaries and survivors of history’s most terrible horrors, it is impossible to meditate about the compassion of God without asking: Where is God?
Emblazoned over the gates of the world…
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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New York, United States of America
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1951
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I heard from the venerable rabbinic scholar, R. Nahman, an interpretation of the words of [the Besht] that one should intend in every word that he utters submissiveness…
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Jacob Joseph of Polnoye
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Polonnoye, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polonne, Ukraine)
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1780
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Indeed, what is necessary is precisely to “cast away the mind,” because it is necessary to cast aside all rational processes and serve God simply. This is because a person’s deeds should outweigh his…
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Nachman of Bratslav
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Bratslav, Russian Empire (Bratslav, Ukraine)
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1809
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Ḥevra Kadisha of Prague
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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16th Century
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To the princes and the honored ones, rulers of the people, the members of the charitable association in the ghetto of the holy community of Venice, may their Rock and Redeemer protect those who…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1619
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And moreover, that which is called “external wisdom” is indeed the daughter of my father [see Genesis 12:20], a good doctrine (Proverbs 4:2) and a gift of God [see Ecclesiastes 3:13], who graces us…
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Willem Jacobsz, Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Candia, Republic of Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
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1629
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With the inevitable end of Hitler, the struggle begins, not of tank and plane, but of heart and soul and brain to forge a world in which humanity may live in peace. This new world must be based on the…
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American Jewish Committee
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New York, United States of America
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1944
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It is up to us
To hallow Creation,
To respond to Life
With the fullness of our lives.
It is up to us
To meet the World,
To embrace the Whole
Even as we wrestle
With its parts.
It is up to us
To…
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Rami M. Shapiro
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Miami, United States of America
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1988