“ Bride and groom are not just two contracting parties but two loving and beloved companions, joined in establishing a home that will be nothing less than a source of immortality. Meir Soloveichik
“ Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission. Meir Soloveichik
“ Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva. Meir Soloveichik
“ We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government. Meir Soloveichik
“ Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like… Meir Soloveichik
“ To Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant Christians, communion involves partaking of the physical real presence of God in the bread and wine of the Eucharist. By contrast, the Torah draws the Jew in… Meir Soloveichik
“ Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple,… Meir Soloveichik
