The Covenant is a holy dimension of existence. Faith is the consciousness of living in that dimension, rather than an assent to propositions. Important as is the intellectual crystallization of faith in terms of creed, what characterizes Judaism, I believe, is the primacy of faith over creed.

A.J.Heschel, The God of Israel and Christian Renewal, in Moral Grandeur & Spiritual Audacity, FSG, p. 270