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The religiously motivated individual is one who says : " God does not compel me to believe in Him or in His Torah . I have of my own free will decided to do X , and I have so decided because I believe God commanded me to do so .
The religiously motivated individual is one who says : " God does not compel me to believe in Him or in His Torah . I have of my own free will decided to do X , and I have so decided because I believe God commanded me to do so .
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Since Antigonos made no reference to a future world , his disciples had good ground for concluding that he did not believe in its existence . But that conclusion does not necessarily follow from what Antigonos taught .
Since Antigonos made no reference to a future world , his disciples had good ground for concluding that he did not believe in its existence . But that conclusion does not necessarily follow from what Antigonos taught .
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There is good reason to believe that these Jews will tend more and more to refuse to marry Jews who are members of families which have not observed these laws and thus disqualified themselves " to enter into the congregation of the Lord ...
There is good reason to believe that these Jews will tend more and more to refuse to marry Jews who are members of families which have not observed these laws and thus disqualified themselves " to enter into the congregation of the Lord ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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