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A disciple came to the celebr...

A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.

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What I don't like today is, t...

What I don't like today is, to put it coarsely, the phony Hasidism, the phony mysticism. Many students say, "Teach me mysticism." It's a joke.

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My ambition really was, even ...

My ambition really was, even as a child, to be a writer, a commentator, and a teacher, but a teacher of Talmud.

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I have absolutely no problem ...

I have absolutely no problem with the young Germans. I even feel sorry for the young Germans because to be maybe sons or daughters of killers is different than them to be sons and daughters of the victims. And I felt sorry for them. I still do.

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Life is really fascinated onl...

Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

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The story [of the Sacrifice o...

The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.

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If you read Exodus 15 careful...

If you read Exodus 15 carefully, it describes a storm at sea. This is the old Yahwistic source. In the retelling of the story in the later Priestly source, it is more miraculous: The water stands up on either side like a wall. There are walls of water standing up. As you move back in time, oddly enough, the story becomes more historical.

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My faceless neighbor spoke up...

My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? His cold eyes stared at me. At last he said, wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

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I respect scholarship. But I ...

I respect scholarship. But I don't like to do things half-heartedly.

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For me [Patriarchs] exist. Ab...

For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no doubt of their existence.

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Every moment is a moment of g...

Every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them.

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It was like a page torn from ...

It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.

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I have an open mind - - I rea...

I have an open mind - - I read, I study, I study your work and the work of other people with less talent. But that is not what I do in my writing and teaching. Still the love for the text we have in common.

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I spent most of my time talki...

I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

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I have a tremendous respect f...

I have a tremendous respect for Professor [Frank Moore] Cross.

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The impact of the holocaust o...

The impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated. Not deeply, not enough.

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In the beginning was belief, ...

In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had faith in man, and lived with the illusion that in each one of us is a sacred spark from the fire of the shekinah, that each one carried in his eyes and in his soul the sign of God. This was the source—if not the cause—of all our misfortune.

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When I see what is happening ...

When I see what is happening all over the world today - the violence - the stupid, arrogant, grotesque violence that is dominating humankind. I cannot not remember that there were other times, of course [the Second World War]. I never compare.

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[The Bible] is been my passio...

[The Bible] is been my passion almost from my youth.

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One thing is that [Tibetans] ...

One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama always were about that.

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