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That Religion Be Not a Cloak for Hypocrisy, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1945)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Mordecai Kaplan

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communal shame, difference disagreement and deviance, 57th century A.M., tolerance and intolerance, Psalms 5, inclusion and exclusion, English vernacular prayer, false piety, religious hypocrisy, labor exploitation, חלול ה׳ Ḥillul Hashem, 20th century C.E., corruption, improper use of the crown

“That Religion Be Not a Cloak for Hypocrisy,” by Rabbi Mordecai Menaḥem Kaplan can be found on p. 435-5 of his The Sabbath Prayer Book (New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945). . . .