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Top 20 Norman Lamm Quotes (2024 Update)

Norman Lamm Quote: “In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.”

1. “In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.”

2. “Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “To appeal to contemporary man to revert, in this twentieth century, to a pagan-like nature worship in order to restrain technology from further encroachment and devastation of the resources of nature, is a piece of atavistic nonsense.”

3. “To appeal to contemporary man to revert, in this twentieth century, to a pagan-like nature worship in order to restrain technology from further encroachment and devastation of the resources of nature, is a piece of atavistic nonsense.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Group action – yes; group thinking – no.”

4. “Group action – yes; group thinking – no.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view.”

5. “Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “As far as YU faculty and students are concerned, the love for Israel is very strong. Probably about three thousand of our graduates have settled in Israel. On average, every year 650 male and female students study in Israel for a minimum of one year.”

6. “As far as YU faculty and students are concerned, the love for Israel is very strong. Probably about three thousand of our graduates have settled in Israel. On average, every year 650 male and female students study in Israel for a minimum of one year.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Mutual commitment to ideals – yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions – no.”

7. “Mutual commitment to ideals – yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions – no.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.”

8. “This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.”

9. “Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university.”

10. “Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.”

11. “As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.”

12. “No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.”

13. “I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.”

14. “I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.”

15. “I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.”

16. “At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science.”

17. “However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.”

18. “My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.”

19. “Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence.”

20. “Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence.”

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Norman Lamm Quote: “Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle – ancient or modern – must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.”

21. “Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle – ancient or modern – must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.”

— Norman Lamm

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