A Soulful Journey

"For me, too, God is not a law giver.  But He commands." - Franz Rosenzweig What is your relationship with the One?

The young Rosenzweig once asked Hermann Cohen to assess the world of Leopold Zunz.  He retorted bitingly: "Zunz could have been a great historian, but he ended up as an antiquarian."

In 1914 during a talk, Hermann Cohen turned to Franz Rosenzweig, whom he reproached for being too tolerant of Zionism: “Die kerle wollen glucklich sein” “Those fellows want to be happy.”   -Gershom Scholem Is being happy really such a bad thing?