▁while ▁p ant he ism ▁is ▁content ▁with ▁a ▁view ▁of ▁God ▁as ▁imp erson al ." ▁This ▁is ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁Jewish ▁lit ur gy , ▁such ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁Ad on ▁O lam ▁h ymn , ▁which ▁includes ▁a ▁" conf ident ▁aff irm ation " ▁that ▁" He ▁is ▁my ▁God , ▁my ▁living ▁God ... Who ▁he ars ▁and ▁answers ." ▁Edward ▁K ess ler ▁writes ▁that ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁" port ray s ▁an ▁encounter ▁with ▁a ▁God ▁who ▁car es ▁passion ately ▁and ▁who ▁addresses ▁human ity ▁in ▁the ▁quiet ▁moments ▁of ▁its ▁existence ." ▁British ▁chief ▁ra bbi ▁Jonathan ▁S acks ▁suggests ▁that ▁God ▁" is ▁not ▁distant ▁in ▁time ▁or ▁det ached , ▁but ▁passion ately ▁engaged ▁and ▁present ". ▁ ▁The ▁" pred icate ▁' person al ' ▁as ▁applied ▁to ▁God " ▁does ▁not ▁necessarily ▁mean ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁cor p ore al ▁or ▁anth rop omorphic , ▁views ▁that ▁Jewish ▁s ages ▁sometimes ▁rejected ; ▁rather , ▁" person ality " ▁refers ▁not ▁to ▁physical ity , ▁but ▁to ▁" inner ▁ess ence , ▁psych ical , ▁rational , ▁and ▁moral ". ▁However , ▁other ▁traditional ▁Jewish ▁texts , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Sh i ' ur ▁Q om ah ▁of ▁the ▁He ich al ot ▁literature , ▁describe ▁the ▁measurements ▁of ▁lim bs ▁and ▁body ▁parts ▁of ▁God . ▁ ▁Jews ▁believe ▁that ▁" G od ▁can ▁be ▁experienced " ▁but ▁also ▁that ▁" G od ▁cannot ▁be ▁understood ," ▁because