All the various component parts of the Hebrew worship subserve this great purpose, the bringing of man into communication with God.
Samson Raphael HirschIf someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.
Samson Raphael HirschIt's not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have.
Samson Raphael HirschTo really observe the Sabbath in our day and age! To cease for a whole day from all business, from all work, amidst the frenzied hurry-scurry of our age! To close the stock exchanges, the stores, the factories - how would it be possible? The pulse of life would stop beating and the world perish! The world perish? To the contrary, it would be saved.
Samson Raphael Hirsch