“We pray to God using His own words, as related to us in the Scriptures. Likewise we praise Him, also using His own words from the Bible. We ask for His mercy, mentioning what He has promised to our ancestors and to us. Our entire service is based upon an ancient rule, as related to us by our Rabbis and teachers: ‘Give Him of what is His, because you and yours are His….’

It is amazing to observe how the Holy Scriptures never lose their vitality and relevance to present issues of our time and age. This is the miracle of the everlasting and perpetual ‘Word of God.'” — Chief Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen of Haifa, Israel, the first rabbi ever to speak to a Synod of Bishops.