The aim of all knowledge:

 [steadfast love] and compassionate action. . .

is alive with the awareness of the holiness of Creation
the boundlessness of God’s mercy

 is utterly honest about the necessity of living

 such awareness in loving service to all beings

With great knowledge and love [come] 

great responsibility

to try to represent the Divine in all things and

activities, and

to stand up for justice and the dispossessed in a brutal society. 

—Rabbi Rami Shapiro 

accepting the daring initiative of intimacy with God,

learning how to hear and trust God’s initiatives...

& pass the message to the rest of the world...

By including ordinary life, 

• the negative
•  the accidental
•  the sinful

as the precise arena for divine revelation. 

The ability to think critically about ourselves...teaches us rational honesty 

and patience with ambiguity and mystery.

power to correct themselves 

from the inside and move 

beyond mere superstition

Rather than inhibit faith...challenges deepened it.