Sarah Bollt’s Reviews > A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy > Status Update
Sarah Bollt
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"Few things make Jewish teachings so immediate and tangible in the lives of students, listeners, and readers as do anecdotes illustrating how people have carried out these teachings. In addition to inspiring people ('That sounds like something I can do'), stories also make the principles easier to remember."
— Jun 17, 2023 04:26PM
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Sarah Bollt
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"Remember that you are not as good as you think you are, and the world is not as bad as you think it is."
— Jul 18, 2023 11:56AM
Sarah Bollt
is on page 70 of 576
"One reason many of us have a higher regard for our own character than that of others is that we judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their acts, especially those acts we find annoying."
— Jul 13, 2023 01:50PM
Sarah Bollt
is on page 17 of 576
"Isaiah seems to be offering a radical reinterpretation of Yom Kippur; we fast so that we know what it is to feel hungry."
— Jun 19, 2023 01:19PM
Sarah Bollt
is on page 13 of 576
If "Genesis ... 'pointedly excludes the dominion of men over other men, who are equally endowed with divine qualities,'" then why are there laws in the Bible regarding proper treatment of slaves? Wouldn't that be improper dominion over other men?
— Jun 19, 2023 12:58PM
Sarah Bollt
is on page 11 of 576
"It is not enough to know that the Bible commands, 'Justice, justice you shall pursue'; we also need to study and deduce *in every situation* what constitutes acting justly. Having good intentions is not enough."
— Jun 17, 2023 04:37PM
