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Sunday, 5 October 2014

Just Do It and Don't Ask Questions

Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit: New Revised and Expanded Edition,
Shimon Apisdorf, Leviathan Press, 1997, page 15

To a degree, the quandry of Jewish identity also stems from a prominent focus on the what and how of Jewish life at the expense of why. A great problem is that Jewish education has stressed the mechanics of Judaism (the what and the how) and has neglected the reason, meaning and spiritual ideas behind Jewish practice (the why).

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