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d. 1141 Spain
Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi; Hebrew: יהודה הלוי; Arabic: يهوذا هاليفي; c. 1075–1141) was a Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, either in Toledo or Tudela, in 1075 or 1086, and died shortly after arriving in the Land of Israel in 1141.
Also known as: Kuzari
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This means that Jerusalem can only be rebuilt when Israel yearns for it to such an extent that they embrace her stones and dust.
Kuzari (1140)
The pious man is nothing but a prince who is obeyed by his senses, and by his mental as well as his physical faculties
Kuzari (1140)
Divine Providence only gives man as much as he is prepared to receive; if his receptive capacity be small, he obtains little, and much if it be great.
Kuzari (1140)
According to our view a servant of God is not one who detaches himself from the world, lest he be a burden to it, and it to him; or hates life, which is one of God's bounties granted to him.
Kuzari (1140)
Thy way of thinking is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of acting
Kuzari (1140)
As regards the Sādōcaeans and Boēthosians, they are the sectarians who are anathemised in our prayer. The followers of Jesus are "the Baptists" who adopted the doctrine of baptism, being baptized in the Jordan."
Kuzari (1140)
Time-servers are the cowering slaves of slaves,
Thou must not deem it improbable that exalted divine traces should be visible in this material world, when this matter is prepared to receive them. Here are to be found the roots of faith as well as of unbelief"
Kuzari (1140)
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