Everything on this page is measured by the same standards as for every other tradition: the same twelve values, the same eight questions, the same scale per area of life. What is measured is what the texts do, not whether they are right.
| Value | here | overall | difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | 68 % | 58 % | +10 |
| Responsibility | 43 % | 28 % | +16 |
| Knowledge | 35 % | 36 % | -1 |
| Justice | 30 % | 25 % | +5 |
| Humility | 30 % | 25 % | +5 |
| Hope | 22 % | 18 % | +4 |
| Truthfulness | 19 % | 16 % | +3 |
| Repentance | 16 % | 19 % | -3 |
| Gratitude | 11 % | 16 % | -6 |
| Care | 11 % | 20 % | -9 |
| Mercy | 3 % | 12 % | -9 |
| Patience | 3 % | 14 % | -11 |
| Question | Answer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| What, according to this text, is the root of the evil? | Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality | 27 % (37) |
| Where does the evil reside? | in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual | 41 % (37) |
| What helps against it? | solidarity, mutual help, belonging | 38 % (37) |
| What is human being according to this text? | willed by God, with a task and a responsibility | 41 % (37) |
| Where is history heading? | the message stands outside of history | 41 % (37) |
| What does the text base its claim on? | on the holy scripture of its own tradition | 76 % (37) |
| To whom does the text's call for devotion apply? | to one's own fellow believers | 59 % (37) |
| Where is the text's criticism directed? | at one's own community and at oneself | 46 % (37) |
| Area | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| State and politics | -0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 18 of 37 texts |
| Other religions | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 17 of 37 texts |
| Family and children | +0.9 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 10 of 37 texts |
| Law and punishment | -0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 9 of 37 texts |
| Illness and death | +0.6 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 8 of 37 texts |
| Poverty and care | +0.9 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 7 of 37 texts |
| Violence and war | -1.7 as a danger or transgression that is warned against | 7 of 37 texts |
| Pleasure and consumption | -0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 4 of 37 texts |
| Work and performance | -0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 3 of 37 texts |
| Migration and strangers | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 3 of 37 texts |
| Money and possessions | -0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 3 of 37 texts |
| Environment and animals | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 3 of 37 texts |
The text derives human freedom, moral discernment, and social responsibility from the Eden narrative.
A rabbi argues for receiving apparent coincidences as open signs without turning them into divination, and measuring them against the values of the Torah.
Website template of the Central Synagogue announcing an installation sermon without an actual sermon text.
A Yom Kippur sermon on naming children after ancestors as a bridge between past and future, celebrating names as vessels of love and remembrance.
A Yom Kippur sermon that presents the public display of grief as a communal practice and a divine model.
A Jewish sermon warns against Christian supremacism as a pillar of American antisemitism and calls for the defense of the separation of church and state.