Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechterwas a Moldavian-born American kohen, rabbi, academic scholar, and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement...
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 December 1847
CountryRomania
Solomon Schechter quotes about
consistency faults rabbi
Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.
husband father sacrifice
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.
abandonment torah judaism
Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.