Elie Munk

Rabbi Elie Munk (15 September 1900 – 5 June 1981) was a French rabbi and author. He was the father-in-law of Immanuel Jakobovitz.

Quotes

 * The community does not suffer deficiencies. What is lacking in one individual is made up by the other.
 * Quoted in Christopher B. Ricks and Leonard Michaels, The State of the Language, p. 60

The World of Prayer, vol. 1

 * The modern world, more than in any preceding epoch, feels the necessity to learn anew how to pray.
 * page 1


 * A ladder is the instrument of ascent; it symbolises intensity rising to a climax. this, too, is the meaning of prayer.
 * page 11


 * There are three kinds of forces: the forces of nature, the spiritual and moral ones, and finally those of history and destiny.
 * page 12

The World of Prayer, vol. 2

 * In the midst of the titanic struggles of ideologies that dominate our age, it is from our prayers that we derive the firmest support for mind and soul.
 * page vii


 * It is only in the period between adolescence and maturity and not during the earlier stages of development that any organism can unfold its full strength.
 * page 96