By following the laws we recognize its authority as a structure of our religiosity and commitment.
Without this law, as a prophet used to say, a Jew is a ghost, with a soul and no body.
With only the law and nothing else, the Jew is a mere corpse -a body without a soul.
To be a Jew is to live within the Nation of the Jewish community.
To be a Jew is to belong.
There is an inexorable historic tie between the Jewish people and the l;;.
nd of Israel, the Hebrew language, our cultural characteristics, art and folklore.
For me, it is not possible to be a Jew without this tie with Israel, and nowadays with Medinat Israel, our National State.
To be a Jew is also to belong to a Congregation, to form part of a Minyan, a microcosm of the entire Jewish people.
Each birth, Bar-Mitzvah, Chupah, and bereavement within the congregational life, is a projection of Am Israel.
We should not move away from our Congregation.
We should not turn our backs on our Congregation.
We are all needed as we all belong.
To be a Jew is also to have Faith.
As Jews, we believe in God.
Each one of us may define this in their own personal way -as an existence or idea, as energy or as a compass; it is through this prism that we recognize ourselves as equals to all creatures.
We believe in man and his ability to live and act in God's image.
We believe that God's relation to the world is recreated each day.
We believe that God relates to man when He reveals Himself as well as his message and teachings.
And we believe that man must relate to the world, with God as witness, redeeming, correcting and improving it.
We believe that we too can be creative and we express this belief through our davvening.
We believe that we can be God's partners in the daily re-Creation of the world.
We believe that we can be God's partners in the acceptance of His presence here on earth, when we permit Him to enter our lives.
We believe that as Jews, we can be God's partners in the process of the revelation of the Torah thorough its study and constant re-interpretation.
We believe that as Jews we must have the courage and chutzpah to transform reality in this world; and to do this not only with strength but also with kindness, with art and with joy.
Without this law, as a prophet used to say, a Jew is a ghost, with a soul and no body.
With only the law and nothing else, the Jew is a mere corpse -a body without a soul.
To be a Jew is to live within the Nation of the Jewish community.
To be a Jew is to belong.
There is an inexorable historic tie between the Jewish people and the l;;.
nd of Israel, the Hebrew language, our cultural characteristics, art and folklore.
For me, it is not possible to be a Jew without this tie with Israel, and nowadays with Medinat Israel, our National State.
To be a Jew is also to belong to a Congregation, to form part of a Minyan, a microcosm of the entire Jewish people.
Each birth, Bar-Mitzvah, Chupah, and bereavement within the congregational life, is a projection of Am Israel.
We should not move away from our Congregation.
We should not turn our backs on our Congregation.
We are all needed as we all belong.
To be a Jew is also to have Faith.
As Jews, we believe in God.
Each one of us may define this in their own personal way -as an existence or idea, as energy or as a compass; it is through this prism that we recognize ourselves as equals to all creatures.
We believe in man and his ability to live and act in God's image.
We believe that God's relation to the world is recreated each day.
We believe that God relates to man when He reveals Himself as well as his message and teachings.
And we believe that man must relate to the world, with God as witness, redeeming, correcting and improving it.
We believe that we too can be creative and we express this belief through our davvening.
We believe that we can be God's partners in the daily re-Creation of the world.
We believe that we can be God's partners in the acceptance of His presence here on earth, when we permit Him to enter our lives.
We believe that as Jews, we can be God's partners in the process of the revelation of the Torah thorough its study and constant re-interpretation.
We believe that as Jews we must have the courage and chutzpah to transform reality in this world; and to do this not only with strength but also with kindness, with art and with joy.
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