Jewish Law: An Introduction

Throughout his exposition, Rabbi Lewittes maintains a firmly Maimonidean-rationalist outlook, striking just the right balance between "The mitzvot _do_ make rational sense" and "Jews are required to keep them anyway (when possible), even though they may not make sense _to us_ right at the moment." Insisting with the Rambam that Jews are absolutely not required to believe anything that does violence to human reason(Some underlined lines in pencil)