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.

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

Men of all lands and climes are brothers.

Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

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

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.

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