Lizzie

“Neither ritual decisions nor political leadership constitutes the main task of halakhic man. Far from it. The actualization of the ideals of justice and righteousness is that pillar of fire which halakhic man follows, when he, as a rabbi and teacher in Israel, serves his community.”
― Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“So meaning is made, not just discovered. That is what religion for the most part is: the constant making and remaking of meaning, by the stories we tell, the rituals we perform and the prayers we say. The stories are sacred, the rituals divine commands, and prayer a genuine dialogue with the divine. Religion is an authentic response to a real Presence, but it is also a way of making that presence real by constantly living in response to it. It is truth translated into deed.”
― Jonathan Sacks, The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning

“The essence of the Torah is intellectual creativity.”
― Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik