Author: Meir Soloveichik

Quotes

Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission.

Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission.

- Meir Soloveichik

Humanity was created in the image of God; our love is a reflection of his.

Humanity was created in the image of God; our love is a reflection of his.

- Meir Soloveichik

The election of the Jewish people is the result of God's falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him.

The election of the Jewish people is the result of God's falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him.

- Meir Soloveichik

Bride and groom are not just two contracting parties but two loving and beloved companions, joined in establishing a home that will be nothing less than a source of immortality.

Bride and groom are not just two contracting parties but two loving and beloved companions, joined in establishing a home that will be nothing less than a source of immortality.

- Meir Soloveichik

Jews seek to cleave to the will of God as set forth in the Bible and, particularly, the Pentateuch, with its rabbinic commentaries, the Mishnah and Talmud.

Jews seek to cleave to the will of God as set forth in the Bible and, particularly, the Pentateuch, with its rabbinic commentaries, the Mishnah and Talmud.

- Meir Soloveichik

Traditional Christians cannot conceive of God as Mormons do: a God who has a wife, who invites other human beings to become gods with him.

Traditional Christians cannot conceive of God as Mormons do: a God who has a wife, who invites other human beings to become gods with him.

- Meir Soloveichik

The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions.

The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions.

- Meir Soloveichik

Judaism, I would argue, does demand love for our fellow human beings, but only to an extent. 'Hate' is not always synonymous with the terribly sinful.

Judaism, I would argue, does demand love for our fellow human beings, but only to an extent. 'Hate' is not always synonymous with the terribly sinful.

- Meir Soloveichik

God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.

God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.

- Meir Soloveichik

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