A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

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.

Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service.

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

When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of the Talmud. Its birthplace, Babylonia, was an autonomous Jewish centre for a longer period than any other land; namely, from soon after 586 before the Christian era to the year 1040 after the Christian era - 1626 years.

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.