Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker. - Joseph Hertz

Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service.

To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over.

Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.