Immanuel Jakobovits Quotes
February 8, 1921 – October 31, 1999
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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 operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart.
Immanuel Jakobovits— Foreword, p.ix to "Following the Synagogue Service" by Jeffrey Cohen, Gnesia Publications, 1997, ISBN 0-946000-01-8
Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance.
Immanuel Jakobovits— The Jewish Idea of Prayer, p.xvi
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 seek.
Immanuel Jakobovits— p.12 (The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, Centenary Edition 1990)
Realise that man is comparable to the brute creation except when uplifted by the loving Covenant initiated with our Patriarchs.
Immanuel Jakobovits— p.17 (The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, Centenary Edition 1990)
