A Soulful Journey

In Japan, at an international conference on religion, Joseph Campbell heard one American say to a Shinto priest, "We've been now to a good many ceremonies and have seen quite a few shrines.  But I don't get your ideology.  I don't get your theology." The Japanese paused as though in deep thought and then slowly shook his head. "We don't have theology.  We dance."  - The Power of Myth Real religion is a feeling in your bones, your limbs, the ebullience and needful expressions of hope and despair that transcends mere thought and reflection.

A Jew made a wager that the Rebbe could not tell the difference between a Jew and a non-Jew.  To prove the point the hasid dressed up a bearded non-Jew in the streimle and kapota and sat him at the Rebbe's table for the third meal on Shabbat. After the meal, everyone said Birkat HaMazon, Grace.  The non-Jew followed his instructions to look in his prayer book and pretend to follow.  Later, the Rebbe asked who invited the non-Jew. "How did you know?" "By the fact that he did not move when he said his prayers.  A Jew can always be distinguished by the fact that he is physically moved by his words.  A Jew is not a stone."