EXOD355 Characteristic of the Jewish faith is th[e] sense of reality, the reality which does not attach prime importance to material or tangible things which are ephemeral, but which concentrates rather on the moral life as expressed in noble conduct and the will to create an shape, to labor and perform. Every page of the Torah is shot through with this desire to love and to be loved, to be happy and to rejoice the hearts of others [See Deut. xvi. 11-14; xxvi.11]. This sense of reality is fostered by the consciousness of a personal, omnipresent God who reveals himself at Sinai not as the creator aloof from the universe but as one "Who brought the out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" [this verse].