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Dedication

To Mr. Maurice Schlesinger

While writing this commentary of the New Testament, I had no other goal, as I have said in the first volume, but to reconcile these two enemy sisters: the Church and the Synagogue.¹ I wanted to prove that this centuries-old enmity was based on dreadful misunderstandings through false interpretations by everyone—Jews and Christians—that were made concerning the words of Yeshua and the Apostles, who tried to instill in humanity the love of ONE GOD and the love of one’s NEIGHBOR.

No one more than you, dear sir, professes these righteous beliefs and puts them into practice. More than anyone, you merit my affection for the nobility of your soul and my gratitude for all your generosity.

For all these things, allow me to pay you my respects with this second part of my work.

THE AUTHOR (R. Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik)

1 When the word “Synagogue” is used in this work with a capital S, it indicates that Rabbi Soloveitchik is referring to the entire congregation of Israel, i.e., all the Jewish people, much in the same way that the “Church” is used to refer to the body of Christian believers.