Joseph Hertz Quotes

#1. Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service.

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#2. Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.

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#3. Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

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#4. Though man comes from the dust, sin is not a part of his nature. Man can overcome sin, and through repentance attain to at-one-ment with his Maker.

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#5. Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading

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#6. A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

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#7. In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman.

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#8. Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

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#9. Men of all lands and climes are brothers.

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#10. Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

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#11. Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony.

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#12. Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.

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#13. The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel - the People that has achieved so much of eternal worth, but has rarely succeeded in winning gratitude.

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#14. Prayer is a universal phenomenon in the soul-life of man. It is the soul's reaction to the terrors and joys, the uncertainties and dreams of life.

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#15. To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over.

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#16. Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

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