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It demands involvement of one's whole personality in a profound concern for the welfare of one's fellowman . The religious spirit , which sets " concerned involvement " rather than " detached compassion " as its highest goal , finds its ...
It demands involvement of one's whole personality in a profound concern for the welfare of one's fellowman . The religious spirit , which sets " concerned involvement " rather than " detached compassion " as its highest goal , finds its ...
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19:16 ) is interpreted by the Rabbis to mean that if one has information that can benefit his neighbor in a ... to his own possessions or to his limb and life.231 Though the Rabbis taught that one must be prepared to risk one's life in ...
19:16 ) is interpreted by the Rabbis to mean that if one has information that can benefit his neighbor in a ... to his own possessions or to his limb and life.231 Though the Rabbis taught that one must be prepared to risk one's life in ...
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However , the fact that one feels free to harbor and implement those whims , loyalties , and convictions , and can ... Many Americans in every generation have felt that when a law is in conflict with one's religious convictions or with ...
However , the fact that one feels free to harbor and implement those whims , loyalties , and convictions , and can ... Many Americans in every generation have felt that when a law is in conflict with one's religious convictions or with ...
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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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