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The religion of halakhic practice is the religion of life itself.
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)
The essence of Jewish faith is consistent with no embodiment other than the system of halakhic praxis.
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)
Only a religion addressed to life's prose, a religion of the dull routine of daily activity, is worthy of the name.
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)
Most characteristic of the Halakhah is its lack of pathos.
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)
Emancipation from the bondage of nature can only be brought about by the religion of Mitzvoth
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)
From a religious point of view the triadic classification of being as nature, spirit, and God has no validity. There is only the dyad: nature, which includes the human spirit, and God. The only way man can break the bonds of nature is by cleaving to God; by acting in compliance with the divine will rather than in accordance with the human will.
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)