Joseph Hertz

Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading.

— Joseph Hertz

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

— Joseph Hertz

Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony.

— Joseph Hertz

Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born…

— Joseph Hertz

A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature…

— Joseph Hertz

Prayer is a universal phenomenon in the soul-life of man. It is the soul's reaction to the terrors and joys, the uncertainties…

— Joseph Hertz

Though man comes from the dust, sin is not a part of his nature. Man can overcome sin, and through repentance attain…

— Joseph Hertz

Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

— Joseph Hertz

Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.

— Joseph Hertz

To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the…

— Joseph Hertz

Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's…

— Joseph Hertz

Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

— Joseph Hertz

When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of the…

— Joseph Hertz

Men of all lands and climes are brothers.

— Joseph Hertz

The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel - the People that has achieved so…

— Joseph Hertz

Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.

— Joseph Hertz

In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman.

— Joseph Hertz