Monday, June 7, 2004

Baeck: The Essence of Judaism "To know God and to do right have thus become synonymous in prophetic speech; each has become a commandment. ... This has always been the beginning and the aim of the Jewish religion. Whoever walks in the ways of the Lord is wise, for he is doing right; this conviction of Judaism throughout the centuries has even been shared by its mysticism. Religion and life are thus intimately bound together--religion to be proved through life and life to be fulfilled through religion. There is no piety but that which proves itself in the conduct of life, and there is no valid conduct of life but that in which religion is realized." 9:52:58 PM    comment []