EXOD242 Morality is neither the whole of religion nor something distinct from religion. It is an integral part of the way in which religion translates itself into life and character. God is worshiped when moral duties are discharged faithfully. Psalms 15 and 24 present ethical behavior as the condition of communion with God. The Mekilta cites the comment of R. Eleazar of Modiim on [this verse], "and wilt do that which is right in His eyes," as consisting of honesty in business relations. "He who transacts his business honestly and is pleasing to his fellow man is accounted as having fulfilled the entire Torah." [Mek. Vayassa, I.] Morality becomes a form of worship, but not the whole of it. By the side of "Doing justly and loving mercy," the prophet emphasizes "walking humbly with God" in his program of the religious life. To the fulfillment of moral duties must be added devotion, reverence, knowledge and conviction. Love of God with all the heart and soul and might and love of one's fellowmen must be combined. Ethics forms neither a substitute for nor an addition to, but a phase of the religious life. The moral and religious are two inseparable aspects of the spiritual life. As in Stoicism, obedience to the law of Nature or reason, so in Judaism, obedience to the will of God constitutes the highest good. God, the rabbis say, entrusted Israel with the Torah as a manifestation of His goodness. Though some of them seem inexplicable, obeying them is virtue.