Immanuel Jakobovits Quotes

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Realise that man is comparable to the brute creation except when uplifted by the loving Covenant initiated with our Patriarchs.

Immanuel Jakobovits

In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we seek.

Immanuel Jakobovits

We must pursue the peace efforts as if there were no terrorism, and fight the terrorists as if there were no peace efforts.

Immanuel Jakobovits

Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart.

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Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance.

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Silence, indifference and inaction were Hitler's principal allies.

Immanuel Jakobovits

Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance at all unless it registers the overall message each part of our prayers is meant to convey.

Immanuel Jakobovits

Immanuel Jakobovits

Immanuel Jakobovits

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Born: February 8, 1921

Died: October 31, 1999 (aged 78)

Bio: Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits was the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991. Prior to this, he had served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and as rabbi of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City.

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