Rabbis Quotes

We have rabbis up in the mixing room with stop watches to make sure everything gets done within 15 minutes. Then the machinery is thoroughly cleaned by the rabbis and our workers. - Alan Adler

To me the truth is such an essential element in spiritual life, ... It's not only respected, it's sought for . . . Maybe I was feeling a little naive, but I just expected more from priests and rabbis and religious-based organizations in their consideration of this case. - George Felos

This is something that is very difficult for the youth. On the one hand, they hear that it's totally forbidden, but then they ask about those rabbis who say yes to carry out the order - and I have no answer for them. - Avidan Weitzman

These are exceptional cases, but people are people, rabbis and clergymen are human beings, and they do occur... We try to help a congregation go through healing, because a rabbi is in a special position and it is as if a member of the family were involved. We encourage congregations to look at the totality of the situation, the whole of the clergyman, and to understand that many mistakes, depending on the situation, are forgivable. - Jerome Epstein

The President gives Prayer Breakfasts. He almost invariably has at them, from the Jewish community, the most Orthodox hard-line rabbis he can find, or that can be found for him. The liberals are under-represented, or not represented at all. - Arthur Hertzberg

The Jewish settlers of Gaza and in the West Bank have a dream for the future of Israel.... The settlers' dream is to create a 'Greater Israel' with Jewish settlements wall-to-wall.... In such a state, democracy will have to bow to the rabbis. The Knesset, the government, the Supreme Court, will be allowed to continue to exist, provided that the rabbis approve of their decisions.... If we, secular Israelis, erase our own existence, the settlers will shower us with brotherly love. But if we insist that we have a different vision for Israel, we immediately become traitors, Arab-lovers or even Nazis. - Amos Oz

It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat. - Lionel Blue

I'm pushing the rabbis and leaders to define things more clearly - what are the borders of passive resistance. Until now, no one's done it very clearly. - Shaul Goldstein

If you think about it, the (ultra-Orthodox) religious community is not going to movies and other things. These days, the kind of phone you carry is part of who you are. Some rabbis didn't like it, but that's the reality. - Matanel Shalom

I have been in touch with several rabbis around the community, and we're holding a meeting on Wednesday to see what collectively we can do, whether it's providing information in Russian to the Russian Jews, or holding meetings at different venues. - Mark Powers