Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes.

- Louis Finkelstein

We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.

- Louis Finkelstein

It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause o…

- Louis Finkelstein

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious prepar…

- Louis Finkelstein

The Talmud derives its authority from the position held by the ancient (Pharisee) academies. The teachers of those academies, both of Babylonia and o…

- Louis Finkelstein

Pharisaism became Talmudism...But the spirit of the Ancient Pharisee survives unaltered. When the Jew...studies the Talmud, he is actually repeating …

- Louis Finkelstein