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Abraham gave Jews the courage to challenge the idols of the age. Isaac gave them the capacity for self-sacrifice. Moses taught them to be passionate fighters for justice. But Jacob gave them the knowledge that precisely when you feel most alone, God is still with you, giving you the courage to hope and the strength to dream.
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
Instinctively, I glanced to the guide, who was our go-between for the entire conversation. I wasn’t prepared for the translation that I heard coming back to me. “Compassion,” he said. “The geshe [great teacher] says that compassion is what connects us.”
Gregg Braden • The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles and Belief
Within the limits of human intelligence, we can climb at least part of the way to heaven, but the purpose of the climb is the return to earth, knowing that here is where God wants us to be and where he has given us work to do. Judaism contains mysteries, but its ultimate purpose is not mysterious at all. It is to honour the image of God in other pe
... See moreJonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
When God made clothes for Adam and Eve in Genesis
Judges (in the sense that God calls bad bad), but God’s response is “how do we get you out of this?” (making clothes) God’s inclination seems to be about making new ways back to connection. Expanding the possibilities for our connection to God and one another.
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... See morethe three classic Jewish lenses: bein adam l’atzmo (our relationship with ourselves), bein adam l’havero (our relationships with others), and bein adam laMakom (our relationship with God).