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“Come on people! Somebody disagree with me! How can we learn anything if no one will disagree?" Rabbi Stern”
― The Gospel according to Moses: What My Jewish Friends Taught Me about Jesus
― The Gospel according to Moses: What My Jewish Friends Taught Me about Jesus
“鈥�"With each experience we grow and become more aware of the inner beauty that lies within us. Ultimately we are truly our own leader. We lead the connection and flow of life that is our inheritance.”
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“In a world without forgiveness, evil begets evil, harm generates harm, and there is no way short of exhaustion or forgetfulness of breaking the sequence. Forgiveness breaks the chain. It introduces into the logic of interpersonal encounter the unpredictability of grace. It represents a decision not to do what instinct and passion urge us to do. It answers hate with a refusal to hate, animosity with generosity. Few more daring ideas have ever entered the human situation. Forgiveness means that we are not destined endlessly to replay the grievances of yesterday. It is the ability to live with the past without being held captive by the past. It would not be an exaggeration to say that forgiveness is the most compelling testimony to human freedom.”
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“In the end of the day it matters much more how wise you spent your money than how much of it you have gathered.
Because the most important tool to measure your financial maturity is based uniquely on the first part of the question and the ability to keep money is more important than the ability to make money.
Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn”
― Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!
Because the most important tool to measure your financial maturity is based uniquely on the first part of the question and the ability to keep money is more important than the ability to make money.
Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn”
― Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!

“A rabbi had a conversation with the Lord about Heaven and Hell. 鈥淚 will show you Hell,鈥� said the Lord, and he led the rabbi into a room containing a large round table. The people sitting around the table were famished and desperate. In the middle of the table was an enormous pot of stew that smelled so delicious that the rabbi鈥檚 mouth watered. Each person around the table held a spoon with a very long handle. Although the long spoons just reached the pot, their handles were longer than the would-be diners鈥� arms: thus, unable to bring food to their lips, no one could eat. The rabbi saw that their suffering was terrible indeed.
鈥淣ow I will show you Heaven,鈥� said the Lord, and they went into another room, exactly the same as the first. There was the same large round table, the same pot of stew. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons鈥攂ut here everyone was well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The rabbi could not understand. 鈥淚t is simple, but it requires a certain skill,鈥� said the Lord. 鈥淚n this room, you see, they have learned to feed each other.”
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鈥淣ow I will show you Heaven,鈥� said the Lord, and they went into another room, exactly the same as the first. There was the same large round table, the same pot of stew. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons鈥攂ut here everyone was well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The rabbi could not understand. 鈥淚t is simple, but it requires a certain skill,鈥� said the Lord. 鈥淚n this room, you see, they have learned to feed each other.”
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“In bad countries the government takes care of everyone. In the best ones that's not necessary!鈥�”
― Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!
― Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!

“We Jews created the concept of good luck. Luck in Hebrew is mazel, which is not actually a word. It is an acronym for three words:
1. makom = place
2. zman = time
3. lamud = work”
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1. makom = place
2. zman = time
3. lamud = work”
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“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?”
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“God did not create the world, He became the world. God became the world to realize himself, in material form, to realize an eternal and infinite aim. It is for the purpose of realizing His eternal and infinite aim that He became the world. Now notice this. God had to conceive the one primordial idea to become the world. Thus the idea preceded the world. This is supposed to be the relation between cause and effect. The cause is assumed to be prior to and independent of the the effect; while the effect is assumed to be posterior to and dependent upon the cause.”
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“Some people want you to call them rabbi; some people want you to call them American; some people want you to admire their tats. We鈥檝e all got our facades. At least the dean鈥檚 self-qualifier is based on merit. Can you say the same about your tattoos? Come on, he鈥檚 a sad man. Leave him alone.”
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“[His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't true]
Was I to lie in order to teach the truth? ...Was I to repeat these words? It was impossible. It was certain they would stick in my throat. On these grounds the separation was decided by me.”
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Was I to lie in order to teach the truth? ...Was I to repeat these words? It was impossible. It was certain they would stick in my throat. On these grounds the separation was decided by me.”
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“If I told you that God speaks to us through our urges so long as these are safe and proper and totally civilized and don't hurt anyone, what would I be saying? If I told you longing is okay as long as it is within the bounds of what our world considers normal, I would be going counter to my whole tradition. My people discovered divine urges, for goodness' sake. Not namby-pamby urges either. It was loincloth-tearing, harlot-marrying, sacrificing, succumbing, and surrendering kinds of urges. Not without bickering and haggling, I'll grant you, but ultimately urges of the worst kind, the kind that demanded everything.”
― Marcelo in the Real World
― Marcelo in the Real World

“A child who goes to school and shares his or her lunch with the classmates, is a billion times greater and more religious than all the book-learned priests, imams, rabbis and pundits in the world combined.”
― In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
― In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience

“In The Ethics of Our Fathers, a book of the Talmud, Rabbi Tarfon says: "You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it." By the end, this is how I came to feel about my work. Dismantling the rise of fascism is best not left to lone vigilantes, nor to the punitive mechanisms of the state, but to people working together to stamp out hate wherever it arises. In the meantime, I cook like a Jew: paprika, dill, onions, garlic, warm broth, and company. The herring is optional, but love is not optional. It is what we must marshal to break the back of the beast. To do so, we must break bread together: a prickle of salt, a pat of melting butter, a bite, a kiss, a homily in the mouth about what's worth fighting for.”
― Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
― Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

“The first money memory that many of us have as children is finding a coin on the street, in the park, or while walking to school. Then when we picked up the penny or nickel and showed it to our mother or father, and they immediately told us to go wash our hands saying, 鈥淭hat is dirty!”
― Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!
― Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!

“The only thing operating on me was my God-given renewing body and his miraculous healing foods.”
― The Miracle Diet: Lose Weight, Gain Health... 10 Diet Skills
― The Miracle Diet: Lose Weight, Gain Health... 10 Diet Skills

“Do you still believe in God, Rabbi?", she said at last. His face looked drained and pale. He shook his head from side to side. "I believe in sin," he said and finished his wine. I believe in evil.”
― Snow in August
― Snow in August

“You said you have a soul, you deceived yourself; you said there was life after death, you deceived yourself; you followed the priest, you followed the imam, you followed the rabbi, you ran after the gurus, you always deceived yourself! You betrayed yourself and humanity for not understanding the truth! And what's left in your hand in the end? A fake happiness and perishment!”
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“There are leaders who go by the name of "rabbi" but whose learning has been picked up from the "superficialities" and "waste" of Torah. They are unable to control even themselves, let alone other people. But they still have pretensions to greatness and seek to lead and guide the whole world. You should be very careful not to accord them any recognition whatsoever, so as to not add in any way to their power or authority. They themselves can be forgiven for what they do: they are no more than victims of a strong lust for power. The people who give them credibility and power and who are prepared to accord them the title "rabbi" will have a heavy penalty to pay (LM I, 61:2).”
― Advice - Likutey Etzot
― Advice - Likutey Etzot

“How can I鈥攈ow can any of us鈥攍et you go? You are woven through us, from birth to death. You educated me, married us, comforted us. You stood at our mileposts, our weddings, our funerals. You gave us the courage when tragedy struck, and when we howled at God, you stirred the embers of our faith and reminded us, as a respected man once said, that the only whole heart is a broken heart.”
― Have a Little Faith: a True Story
― Have a Little Faith: a True Story
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