Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives)
In Judaism, faith is not acceptance but protest, against the world that is, in the name of the world that is not yet but ought to be.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
the thesis of the emergence of a new cycle of Jewish history, one in which the human role in the covenant becomes even more responsible, while God becomes at once more hidden and more present. A
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
Elijah-people, bearers of good tidings, being open to heartening and buoyant illuminations that not only enliven the life of the mind, but also lift up hearts and send positive energy in all directions.
Nehemia Polen • Stop, Look, Listen: Celebrating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens
when all was said and done, the Rabbis’ work represented a profound discovery: The covenant was being renewed. The original covenant remained, but humans became more active and responsible. The Destruction was a call from God for a fundamental shift in the paradigm of the human role in the covenant. The Rabbis’ faithfulness showed itself in followi
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