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Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine com

Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, What happened? but rather, How then shall I live? And its only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins. – Jonathan Sacks

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Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear. – Jonathan Sacks

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Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver. – Jonathan Sacks

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While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if its hard. Invest in the spirit. – Jonathan Sacks

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