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The religion of halakhic practice is the religion of life itself.

— Yeshayahu Leibowitz Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State (1995)

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The essence of Jewish faith is consistent with no embodiment other than the system of halakhic praxis.

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Our security has been diminished rather than enhanced as a result of the conquests in this war.

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Only a religion addressed to life's prose, a religion of the dull routine of daily activity, is worthy of the name.

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Most characteristic of the Halakhah is its lack of pathos.

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Emancipation from the bondage of nature can only be brought about by the religion of Mitzvoth

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