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Judah Halevi Quotes (1075-1141)
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About Judah Halevi
Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi; Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧ; Arabic: ΩΩΩΨ°Ψ§ ΩΨ§ΩΩΩΩ; c. 1075β1141) was a Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, either in Toledo or Tudela, in 1075 or 1086, and died shortly after arriving in the Land of Israel in 1141. Halevi is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his religious and secular poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy.
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βThy way of thinking is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of actingβ
βThe pious man is nothing but a prince who is obeyed by his senses, and by his mental as well as his physical facultiesβ
βDivine Providence only gives man as much as he is prepared to receive; if his receptive capacity be small, he obtains little, and much if it be great.β
βAccording to our view a servant of God is not one who detaches himself from the world, lest he be a burden to it, and it to him; or hates life, which is one of God's bounties granted to him.β
βThou must not deem it improbable that exalted divine traces should be visible in this material world, when this matter is prepared to receive them. Here are to be found the roots of faith as well as of unbelief"β
βAs regards the SΔdΕcaeans and BoΔthosians, they are the sectarians who are anathemised in our prayer. The followers of Jesus are "the Baptists" who adopted the doctrine of baptism, being baptized in the Jordan."β
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Albert Edwin Avey on Judah Halevi
βOne of the greatest Hebrew poets, Judah ha-Levi was also an anti-rationalist. His chief work, The Book of the Khazars, was a dialogue in defense of Judaism, attempting to show the superiority of revealed religion to reasoned truth. He pointed out the dependence of Christianity and Islam upon Judaism; he regarded the Jews as possessed of a unique religious sense and Palestine as an unequalled region.β
About Judah Halevi
Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi; Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧ; Arabic: ΩΩΩΨ°Ψ§ ΩΨ§ΩΩΩΩ; c. 1075β1141) was a Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, either in Toledo or Tudela, in 1075 or 1086, and died shortly after arriving in the Land of Israel in 1141. Halevi is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his religious and secular poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy.