52 Quotes by Meir Soloveichik

I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.

If Christians see Mormonism as a dramatic deviation from a millennia-old, biblically-based faith, Jews see Christianity in the same light.

Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.

Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva.

Rather than forgive, we can wish ill; rather than hope for repentance, we can instead hope that our enemies experience the wrath of God.

The election of the Jewish people is the result of God's falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him.

The Hebrew Bible, while firmly opposing pagan sexual practices, nevertheless celebrates man's and woman's desire for each other as divinely designed.

The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible.

While Jews and Christians both agree on many religious issues, we disagree, and believe each other profoundly wrong, about others.