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Every rabbi had his “yoke”—a Hebrew idiom for his set of teachings, his way of reading Scripture, his take on how to thrive as a human being in God’s good world.
John Mark Comer • Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
the shift in the authority of Torah from corrosive coercion imposed to an offer of a wisdom that bubbles up, the Torah attracts attention and elicits observance because it is wise and beautiful and because it augments life.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit DHL Artson • God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology
Not only were they expert teachers of the Torah (the Scriptures of their day); they were also magnetic examples of life with God—those
John Mark Comer • Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
Halacha
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
Rabbis ensured that the core truths of revelation would not be forever trapped in the specifics of ancient laws developed for an ancient people.