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Why did the disciples follow Jesus? It’s simple: He loved them. The Gospels tell us, “When Christ saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them.” Men and women and youth and children are all drawn to a person who loves them. What response do people evoke in you? Do they bother you? Challenge you? Do you like people, or do they threaten
... See moreHoward Hendricks • Teaching to Change Lives
The Jewish Way to a Good Life: Find Happiness, Build Community, and Embrace Lovingkindness
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The Sadducees insisted that only the written Torah was authoritative. The Pharisees affirmed that side by side with the written Torah there was a parallel revelation at Sinai of principles and categories with which humans could interpret, apply, and develop the Law. That body of revelation given over to humans was called the Torah Sheh-B’ Al Peh (t
... See moreIrving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
The sum of the Rabbis’ educational and halachic efforts was that participation in religious life was democratized.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
See Genesis 12:1 in Mei haShiloach (c. 1840–1860; Sifrei Izhbitza-Radzin: Bnei Brak, 2005).
Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
A man went looking for Rabbi Hillel and said to him, “I want to become a Jew. But only on the condition that you teach me the Torah, all of it, while I stand on one foot.” Hillel looked at this smart-aleck and said, “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man. That is the entire Torah—all of it. The rest is commentary. Go and study.”
Anita Diamant • Choosing a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends
A Concise Guide to Halakha: An Overview of Jewish Law (The Erez Series)
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
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