Rabbi and Ian in “Unfinished Business”

Hello. I'm afraid you just missed the Chabot morning service.

Ian

Oh, actually, I was just, uh, looking for some answers.

I'm the rabbi. What's the question?

Ian

If a religion or a movement makes the world a better place, does it matter if it goes in a different direction than originally intended?

Well, you pretty much just summed up every religion. A better question might be "What is God's will?"

Ian

That's exactly what I want to know. Does God speak to you?

I pray to God, yeah, but in the Jewish faith, we believe that the five books of the Torah are the word of God.

Ian

Kind of like the Bible.

Mm, just the first part.

Ian

Yeah, I read it. So... God did speak to someone?

To Moses, and Moses... [Clicks tongue] wrote it down.

Ian

But he spoke to him, with words?

Mm-hm, but only to Moses.

Ian

No one else, ever?

Not with words. He did set a bush on fire once.

Ian

What is it with religions and setting things on fire?