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

Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

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

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.

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

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

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.