NUM85 See [[GEN568]] Genesis 6:6 regretted AGUS 40-1

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NUM122 See [[GEN568]] Genesis 6:6 regretted AGUS 40-1

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NUM249 See [[DEUT1731]] Deuteronomy 34:5 mouth AGUS 146-7

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NUM378 "In all thy ways, know Him"--Even when a man of piety finds it necessary to rebuke sinners, he should control his anger. While expressing indignation, he should be inwardly calm. Even Moses was punished for his anger [this verse], with his grandson Micah becoming an idolater (Judges 18:31). Though it was for the sake of heaven that he became angry, there is the right measure for all things. Sefer Hassadim, p 137.

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NUM391 See [[DEUT1731]] Deuteronomy 34:5 mouth AGUS 146-7

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DEUT58 The legal dialectic of the Talmud is composed of two principles--the authority of a biblical verse and the validity of humanist, moral-rational thought. The usual assumption is that a scriptural verse is "needed" only in areas where human ethical reasoning is powerless to decide. "What need is there of a verse?--I infer it by reasoning." (Ketubot 22b) At times, too, the Talmud speaks of self-evident laws of conduct--had those laws not been written, it would still have been right for them to be written. Well known is the incident when Rabbi Joshua Ben Hananya vindicated the right of the assembly against a presumed heavenly voice-- "The Torah is not in heaven." Deuteronomy 30:12; Baba Metzia 59b. That is, the collective judgment of the Rabbis is decisive. The voice of conscience speaks with the authority of a well–nigh universal consensus. Derech Eretz, the way of the world, includes the manners as well as the morals of a culture and society. As such, it underlies the Torah--"if there is no reverence for derech eretz, there is no Torah." Abot 2:3 Long before the laws of the Torah were given at Sinai, the Lord had provided guidance for humanity--"Twenty-six generations, derech eretz proceeded the Torah." Vayikra Rabba 9. While the Torah specified the conditions for the Covenant between God and Israel, it assumes the more basic Covenant which God concluded with Adam and especially with the children of Noah. Highly instructive is the frequent rhetorical exclamation, "is there aught which is prohibited for the children of Noah, while it is permitted to the children of Israel?" The appeal to a universal conscience is stated in the Torah itself: [this verse and next]. The medieval Jewish philosophers, particularly Maimonides, emphasized the independent validity of the moral-rational conscience. While their awareness was stimulated by the entire thrust of classical thought, they did not have to borrow this axiom from the Greek philosophers, since they could find it amply illustrated in their own tradition.

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DEUT132 The true worship of God its only possible when correct notions of Him have previously been conceived. When you have arrived by way of intellectual research at a knowledge of God and His works, then commence to devote yourselves to Him, try to approach Him and strengthen the intellect, which is the link that joins you to Him. Thus Scripture says, "Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the Lord He is God" (this verse); Know therefore this day, and considerate in thine heart, that the He is God" (Deuteronomy 4:36). "Know Ye that the Lord is God." (Psalm 100:3) Thus the Law distinctly states that the highest kind of worship, to which we refer in this chapter, is only possible after the acquisition of knowledge of God. For it is said, "To love the Lord your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul"; (Deuteronomy 11:13); and, as we have shown several times, man's love of God is identical with his knowledge of Him. The Divine Service enjoined in these words must, accordingly, be preceded by the love of God. Our Sages have pointed out to us that it is a service in the heart, which explanation I understand to mean this: man concentrates all his thoughts on the First Intellect, and is absorbed in these thoughts as much as possible. (Maimonides).

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DEUT134 See [[DEUT132]] Deuteronomy 4:35 showed AGUS 138

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DEUT221 See [[DEUT15552]] Deuteronomy 28:58 fear AGUS 149-150

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DEUT228 See [[LEV688]] Leviticus 19:18 love AGUS 8-9

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