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Israel Shenker Quotes

God’s greatest blessing is children. The only problem is that you have to support them. It’s a problem, not a disadvantage Picture Quote #1

The suggestion that Jews were selected from among all nations of the earth to be God’s chosen people suggested a kind of group arrogance, especially when the good news was first reported by Jews. However, the choice was interpreted not as tribute to superior virtue but as divine challenge Picture Quote #1

Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes Picture Quote #1

The unlettered man who prayed to his maker would be heard; the pedant reciting a faultless invocation would be ignored Picture Quote #1

Monotheism owes its existence not to philosophic speculation about the nature of reality or knowledge or virtue, but to acceptance of reality identified with a supreme being Picture Quote #1

At first sin was as fragile as a spiders thread, and finally as stout as a ship’s hawser; sin arrived as a passerby, next lingered for a moment, then came as a visitor, and finally became master of the house Picture Quote #1

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Theology emerged not as a course of knowledge but as a feast of homily and imagination and exaggeration in which every man could find his image and his portion. And yet there were limits Picture Quote #1

One rabbi compared wise men studying the law to children tossing a ball to one another: a first sage said the meaning was this, another said the meaning was that, one gave his opinion, another begged to differ Picture Quote #1

America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and thehold of ancient custom is endangered by a thousand cicumstances Picture Quote #1

America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and the hold of ancient custom is endangered by a thousand circumstances Picture Quote #1

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God’s greatest blessing is children. The only problem is that you have to support them. It’s a problem, not a disadvantage (Israel Shenker Quotes) The suggestion that Jews were selected from among all nations of the earth to be God’s chosen people suggested a kind of group arrogance, especially when the good news was first reported by Jews. However, the choice was interpreted not as tribute to superior virtue but as divine challenge (Israel Shenker Quotes) Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes (Israel Shenker Quotes) The unlettered man who prayed to his maker would be heard; the pedant reciting a faultless invocation would be ignored (Israel Shenker Quotes) Monotheism owes its existence not to philosophic speculation about the nature of reality or knowledge or virtue, but to acceptance of reality identified with a supreme being (Israel Shenker Quotes) At first sin was as fragile as a spiders thread, and finally as stout as a ship’s hawser; sin arrived as a passerby, next lingered for a moment, then came as a visitor, and finally became master of the house (Israel Shenker Quotes) Theology emerged not as a course of knowledge but as a feast of homily and imagination and exaggeration in which every man could find his image and his portion. And yet there were limits (Israel Shenker Quotes) One rabbi compared wise men studying the law to children tossing a ball to one another: a first sage said the meaning was this, another said the meaning was that, one gave his opinion, another begged to differ (Israel Shenker Quotes) America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and thehold of ancient custom is endangered by a thousand cicumstances (Israel Shenker Quotes) America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and the hold of ancient custom is endangered by a thousand circumstances (Israel Shenker Quotes)