The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism.

It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith an emphasis on what is permitted.

Where there is Torah it sustains the world.

We should have a banquet on the day haters die.

Saving a life overrides territories.

You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.

When we ask God to 'bring an end to our enemies,' we should be thinking about Iran, those evil ones who threaten Israel.

There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn't enough Torah study.

Books will never die out as long as there are people around.

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

I had hoped God would be neutral.

the only people worth writing about are those about whom the last word cannot be said.

There is no treatment for adore, but to love far more.

If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.

I was never really attached to a clique, and I wanted to be in all the different groups; I was never a one-group kind of person. I think that's still part of my personality today.

Mankind does not drink alcohol because there are breweries, distilleries, and vineyards; men brew beer, distill spirits, and grow grapes because of the demand for alcoholic drinks.

If you ever manage to become perfect, you have to die instantly before you ruin things for everyone else.

Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress.