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The Nature of Love: A Theology,
Rabbi Bradley Shavit DHL Artson • God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology
In the synagogue, Jews were able to keep alive the three things on which their existence depended, Torah or Jewish study, avodah or Jewish worship, and gemilut hassadim, acts of social welfare.28
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
Elijah’s ethical paradigm—mishnat ḥasidim—is incumbent upon anyone truly devoted.
Daniel C. Matt • Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives)
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Jordan R-M • 20 cards
even though Jews were shattered politically and scattered geographically, they were still a nation. Even at such a time they are bound by a covenant of mutual responsibility. Jewish fate and destiny are indivisible.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
That is how we must lead if we want people to come with us, giving of their best. There must be a vision to inspire us, telling us why we should do what we are asked to do. There must be a narrative: this is what happened, this is who we are, and this is why the vision is so important to us. Then there must be the law, the code, the fastidious
... See moreJonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel notes, “There is no craving for death in the history of Jewish piety…Earthly life, mortal life, is precisely the arena where the covenant between God and man must be fulfilled…Life here and now is the task.”
Sarah Hurwitz • Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
Ahavat yisrael is not—cannot be—the religious equivalent of “our country, right or wrong.”
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
