In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we se…

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance at all unless it regi…

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its opera…

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

Silence, indifference and inaction were Hitler's principal allies.

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

Realise that man is comparable to the brute creation except when uplifted by the loving Covenant initiated with our Patriarchs.

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequ…

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

For those without faith there are no answers, for those with faith there are no questions.

- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits