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Noble-mindedness is a very fine character trait in the soul of man, and it extends in many directions: primarily in three, which are, noble-mindedness in wisdom, noble-mindedness in power, and noble…
I have been critical of the modern notions of the solitary self and self-validating universalism in the hope of permitting the consciousness of our particularity to…
In our past lie the answers to all the problems that our present time raises, and in it also lie the keys to the secret gates of our future. [ . . . ]
Onto ground already prepared since the time of…
§181. In contradistinction to ritual holiness we have what has been called ethical holiness. The former is merely symbolic of an order of existence higher…
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…
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…
A passage in chapter 22 of the third Book of Moses was destined to become the starting point for one of the most peculiar religious concepts of the Jewish people. It reads: “Observe my laws and…
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…
In view of the changes that have taken place in the modern world and the consequent need of stating anew the teachings of Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis makes the following…
As the first and most beautiful relationship in which woman is undeniably necessary to man—the object of his first affections, to whom he owes all of cherishing, happiness, and health, from infancy to…