There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to a publication of a high clergyman of Milan. Not even did Jews raise objections to that book.
The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.
Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.
I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.
Historically, the rabbis are split on the question of dreams. None of them denied their power.
Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi.
Every time I go into a new venture, I find a "rabbi" who has the business acumen to help me understand the mechanics of that industry, the costs involved in developing a product, and what you need to do in order to make a profit.
I got a imam, I got a rabbi, I got a priest, I got a reverend - I got 'em all. But I don't want to be holier-than-thou. I want to help everybody and still get some (sex).
If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul. -Rabbi Nachman
I am not a priest, I am not an imam, I am not a rabbi and I am implementing the French laws on every French citizen.
You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but that hypotheses may not. In the hypothesis you have postulated, chance intervenes largely. Here lies a dead rabbi; I should prefer a purely rabbinical explanation; not the imaginary mischances of an imaginary robber.
I see the role of a rabbi or a pastor in general sort of like the role of a quarterback who throws the ball a little bit ahead of the receiver - that is you want to make people run just a bit to catch up to the message that you offer.
How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.
I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.
Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping with contemporary Christian thought. So far as there is an answer to the conflict between the goodness of God and the bitterness of suffering, this is it
If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am "I"? And if not now, when?
I know I would have learned a huge amount had I read the Bible with my rabbi. But I also would have missed a huge amount, and I would have been guided down the narrow paths where the rabbi led me, not the paths that I chose for myself.
[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.
A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim mullah all walk into a bar, and the bartender says: - What is this, a joke? - Сhurch is the only organization that exists primarily for the benefit of non-members.
I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.
