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Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits was the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991. Prior to this, he had served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and as rabbi of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City. In addition to his official duties he was regarded as an authority in medical ethics from a Jewish standpoint. He was knighted in 1981 and became the first Chief Rabbi to enter the House of Lords in 1988 as Baron Jakobovits. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. February 1921 – 31. October 1999
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Famous Immanuel Jakobovits Quotes

“Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance at all unless it registers the overall message each part of our prayers is meant to convey.”

Immanuel Jakobovits

Introduction, p. xiii.
The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, Centenary Edition 1990

“Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart.”

Immanuel Jakobovits

Foreword, p. ix to "Following the Synagogue Service" by Jeffrey Cohen, Gnesia Publications, 1997, .

“Realise that man is comparable to the brute creation except when uplifted by the loving Covenant initiated with our Patriarchs.”

Immanuel Jakobovits

Source: The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, Centenary Edition 1990, p. 17.

“In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we seek.”

Immanuel Jakobovits

Source: The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, Centenary Edition 1990, p. 12.

“Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance.”

Immanuel Jakobovits

The Jewish Idea of Prayer, p. xvi.
The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, Centenary Edition 1990

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