Author: Meir Soloveichik

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

If God loves human beings and seeks to relate to them because he is drawn to something unique about them, then his love must be exclusive and cannot be universal.

If God loves human beings and seeks to relate to them because he is drawn to something unique about them, then his love must be exclusive and cannot be universal.

- Meir Soloveichik

The essence of a religion can be discovered by asking its adherents one question: 'What, to your mind, was the seminal moment in the history of the world?'

The essence of a religion can be discovered by asking its adherents one question: 'What, to your mind, was the seminal moment in the history of the world?'

- Meir Soloveichik

The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible.

The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible.

- 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

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