Joseph Hertz Quotes

• 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 of life.

  Joseph Hertz

  Dream, Prayer, Men

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1943). “Early and Late: Addresses, Messages, and Papers”, Hindhead, Surrey : The Soncino Press

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

  Joseph Hertz

  Reading, Scripture, Worship

  "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book". Book by Joseph Hertz, Evening Service for Sabbaths (p. 381),

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

  Joseph Hertz

  Powerful, Motherhood, Longing

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1941). “Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah ʻim haftarot”

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• 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 can be.

  Joseph Hertz

  Men, Self, Wife

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1936). “Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis”

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• Men of all lands and climes are brothers.

  Joseph Hertz

  Brother, Men, Land

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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

  Joseph Hertz

  Fall, Belief, Historic

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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• 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

  Teaching, Dedication, Israel

  "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book". Book by Joseph Hertz, Morning Service: Preliminaries (p. 28),

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• Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

  Joseph Hertz

  Religious, Men, Bears

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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• Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

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  Punishment, Pity, Divine

  "The Pentateuch and Haftorahs". Book by Joseph Hertz, Genesis III, 21 (p. 12), 1937.

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

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  Harmony, Lacking, Creator

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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

  Joseph Hertz

  Men, Garden, Earth

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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

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  Men, Sacred, Privilege

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1936). “Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis”

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• The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel - the People that has achieved so much of eternal worth, but has rarely succeeded in winning gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Winning, Israel

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1941). “Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah ʻim haftarot”

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• 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 communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over.

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  Daughter, Spiritual, Father

  "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book". Book by Joseph Hertz, Introduction (p. ix),

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

  Joseph Hertz

  Men, Indolence, Portions

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1936). “Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis”

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• 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 with his Maker.

  Joseph Hertz

  Men, Dust, Overcoming

  "The Pentateuch and Haftorahs". Edited by Joseph H. Hertz, Genesis II, 7 (p. 7), 1937.

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• When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of the Talmud. Its birthplace, Babylonia, was an autonomous Jewish centre for a longer period than any other land; namely, from soon after 586 before the Christian era to the year 1040 after the Christian era - 1626 years.

  Joseph Hertz

  Christian, Writing, Years

  Isidore Epstein, Joseph Herman Hertz (1935). “The Babylonian Talmud ...: Baba Kamma”

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