Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Prayer is a universal phenomenon in the soul-life of man. It is the soul's reaction to the terrors and joys, the uncertainties and dreams… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Though man comes from the dust, sin is not a part of his nature. Man can overcome sin, and through repentance attain to at-one-ment… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
