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

— Yeshayahu Leibowitz The Territories (1968)

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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)

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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

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