Moses: A Human Life (Jewish Lives)
It is one of the most counterintuitive acts in the history of leadership. Moses does not speak about today or tomorrow. He speaks about the distant future and the duty of parents to educate their children. He even hints – and this is engrained in Jewish tradition – that we should encourage our children to ask questions, so that the handing on of th
... See moreJonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
Only when one sees from the vantage point of this double extinction—the nothing becoming something that is nothing—does one comprehend the far-reaching monopsychic (as opposed to the conventional monotheistic) meaning of the verse from Deuteronomy proclaiming that apart from God there is no other, that is, appearances notwithstanding, there appears
... See moreElliot R. Wolfson • Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menaḥem Mendel Schneerson
However, theologians of the other monotheistic religions find it somewhat hard to accept Judaism’s affirmation that God is not merely the source of the Torah but is also bound by it. Opponents argue that such a statement is incredibility piled on top of paradox. Would an infinite, universal, all-powerful One care enough to intervene in “trivial” hu
... See moreIrving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
The book of Exodus here brings a key aspect of Jewish theology to light: for the accomplishment of divine aims, God chooses to need people.