Some examples of Jewish Renewal-affiliated communities can be found at Beyt Tikkun in San Francisco, founded by Rabbi Michael Lerner in 1996 ; Bnai Or in Boston, founded by Lev Friedman and at one time led by Rabbi Daniel Siegel and Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel ; and Pnai Or in Philadelphia, founded by Reb Zalman in the early 1980s and now led by Rabbi Marcia Prager.

In it, Gans writes of an audience between the Maharal and Rudolph II: " Our lord the emperor … Rudolph … sent for and called upon our master Rabbi Low ben Bezalel and received him with a welcome and merry expression, and spoke to him face to face, as one would to a friend.

But Rabbi Benjamin Hecht writes that one Orthodox rabbi views homosexuality as a deliberate rebellion against God.

Rabbi Nissim Gaon in his Hakdamah Le ' mafteach Hatalmud writes that many of these laws were so well known that it was unnecessary for Rabbi Judah to discuss them.

" Rabbi Marc D. Angel writes that " There has been a general reluctance in Jewish tradition to speculate on the metaphysical aspects of creation ," and that " the general Jewish attitude throughout the ages has been that God created the world ex nihilo and further notes:

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz writes that " If the Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, then the Talmud is the central pillar ... No other work has had a comparable influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life, shaping influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life " and states:

Rabbi Norman Lamm writes:

Rabbi Gedaliah of Semitizi, who went to Jerusalem in 1699, writes that scrolls of the Law were brought to the Wall on occasions of public distress and calamity.

* Satmar leader and Holocaust survivor Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum writes:

; 1013 – 1073: Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi ( from Morocco, later Spain ) writes the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.

; 1040 – 1105: Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki ( Rashi ) writes important commentaries on almost the entire Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ) and Talmud.

; 1270 – 1343: Rabbi Jacob ben Asher of Spain writes the Arba ' ah Turim ( Four Rows of Jewish Law ).

; 1525 – 1572: Rabbi Moshe Isserles ( The Rema ) of Kraków writes an extensive gloss to the Shulkhan Arukh called the Mappah, extending its application to Ashkenazi Jewry.

He writes that one of Schneerson's editors, David Olidort, " told how most of Rabbi Schneerson ’ s aides and editors adored him and saw him as virtually infallible, despite their numerous corrections of his failing scholarship.

Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits writes that " Judaism is Judaism because it rejects Christianity, and Christianity is Christianity because it rejects Judaism.

Rabbi Moshe Schreiber writes that it is an acronym for his father's name Mattityahu Kohen Ben Yochanan.

Rabbi Salanter writes that the only possible answer to this quandary is to learn ethical teachings with great emotion hamusar behispa ' alut.

Rabbi Allen Lew in his book, This is Real and You are Completely Unprepared, writes, " The thoughts that carry our attention away prayer or meditation are never insignificant thoughts and they never arise at random.

Orthodox Rabbi Yosef Edelstein writes:

Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan writes:

Solomon Schechter writes " however great the literary value of a code may be, it does not invest it with infallibility, nor does it exempt it from the student or the Rabbi who makes use of it from the duty of examining each paragraph on its own merits, and subjecting it to the same rules of interpretation that were always applied to Tradition ".

The son ( and successor as Chief Rabbi ) of Nathan Marcus Adler, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica writes that he " raised the position Chief Rabbi to one of much dignity and importance.

The Jewish Encyclopedia writes that the mention of the " Holy of Holies " in this passage is not an anachronism, as Grätz thinks, for while it is true that Eliezer and Joshua were present as the geonim par excellence at Elisha's circumcision — which must, therefore, have occurred after the death of Johanan ben Zakkai ( 80 )— it is also true that the " Holy of Holies " is likewise mentioned in connection with Rabbi Akiva ( Makkot, end ); indeed, the use of this expression is due to the fact that the Rabbis held holiness to be inherent in the place, not in the building ( Yevamot 6b ).

Other leaders, teachers and authors associated with Jewish Renewal include Rabbis Arthur Waskow, Michael Lerner, Rachel Barenblat, Tirzah Firestone, Phyllis Berman, Shefa Gold, David Ingber, and Marcia Prager.

Historian Marcia Gallo writes " They recognized that many women felt shame about their sexual desires and were afraid to admit them.

When Seneca writes Ad Marcium he mentions that Metilius has died three years ago and Marcia is unable to seek solace even from her " beloved literature ".

According to Marcia Merry Baker, in her 1997 article " The potential of the Nile river basin and the economic development of Sudan ", the Sudd is nearly impassable, either overland or by watercraft, although she also writes that " For many locations in Sudan, the Nile River is the key transport link.

One of the other founding members, Marcia C. Noyes ( who was to become the first woman and first non-physician President of the Association in 1933 ), writes of Margaret Charlton as follows:

The Jewish Conservative columnist Dennis Prager, for example, writes: