Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.

A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.

I think [Sacrifice of Isaac] is the most important event in the Bible except for Sinai.

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

There is not anti-semitism as an ideology. The civilized world must think that anti-semitism is stupid.

Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac."

I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the poetry. Who could have written such a poem except someone who went through it? It is so full of life, so full of truth, of passion, of concern. And the thousands and thousands of commentaries in the Talmudic tradition that have been written on it. It had to have happened. But even if not, I would attribute the same beauty to the text as I do now.