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Israel Shenker Quotes

The unlettered man who prayed to his maker would be heard; the pedant reciting a faultless invocation would be ignored.

Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness.

Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

It was God who dictated what man should believe and do, leaving man the freedom to accept or scoff, to obey or disregard.

Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books