One hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is more beautiful than all the life in the world to come.
--Rabbi Jacob b. Kurshai, Mishna: Abot
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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
--Maimonides, "Eight Chapters"
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Sunday January 27, 2008
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When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?
--Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"
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Sunday January 27, 2008
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When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?
--Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"
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Saturday January 26, 2008
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The sun gives light by day, the Torah by day and night.
--Asher b. Saul, Kol Bo
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Saturday January 26, 2008
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When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?--Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday January 25, 2008
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Death was decreed for all, so that men may not be righteous just for the sake of life.--Jonathan ben Eleazar, Jewish scholar of the third century, PalestineReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson...
Thursday January 24, 2008
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One pang of conscience is worth more than many lashes.--Jose b. Halafta, Talmud: Berakhot, 7aReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday January 23, 2008
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Man's advocates are repentance and good deeds.--Talmud: Sabbath, 32aReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday January 22, 2008
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So follow the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.--Proverbs 2:20As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Monday January 21, 2008
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You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old: You shall fear your God.--Leviticus 19:32As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Sunday January 20, 2008
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Judge not your neighbor till you've been in his place.Hillel, Mishna: AbotReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 19, 2008
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It is the lot of man to suffer, it is also his fortune to forget.--Benjamin Disraeli, "Vivian Grey"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday January 17, 2008
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When the rabbis speak of paradise and hell...these are only metaphors for the agony of sin and the happiness of virtue.--Kaufmann Kohler, "Jewish Theology"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday January 16, 2008
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He is great who is not ashamed to admit he does not know.--Judah HaNasi, Talmud Jerushalmi: HagigaReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday January 15, 2008
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If I knew God, I would be God.--Midieval Jewish proverb...
Monday January 14, 2008
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Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.--Yiddish proverb...
Sunday January 13, 2008
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Do not steal, do not deceive, and do not lie to one another.Leviticus 19:11As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Saturday January 12, 2008
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Perhaps a human being does not die until he no longer sees anything but the past and the present moment.Leo Baeck, "The Pharisees"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday January 11, 2008
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A Jew can be Jewish with God, against God, but not without God.Elie WieselAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday January 10, 2008
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A man is led the way he wishes to follow.--Huna, Talmud: Makkot, 10bReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday January 9, 2008
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A good man does not sell his beast to a cruel person.--Medieval Sefer HasidimAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Tuesday January 8, 2008
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The first step toward liberty is to miss liberty; the second, to seek it; the third, to find it.--Leopold Zunz, German-Jewish scholarReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Monday January 7, 2008
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Regard as trifling the great good you did to others, and as enormous the little good others did to you.--Talmud: Derech Eretz (Way of the Land)Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday January 6, 2008
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His revelation is continuous. New aspects of the Torah unfold constantly. The more we study it, the more it expands.--Judah Arieh, "Sefat Emet"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday January 5, 2008
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Prompted by love is greater than prompted by fear.--Rabbi Simeon ben Eleazar, TalmudReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday January 4, 2008
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The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones.--Ibn GabirolReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday January 3, 2008
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He who repeats what he has learned one hundred times cannot be compared to one who repeats it a hundred and one times.--Babylonian Talmud, Hagigah 9bAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Wednesday January 2, 2008
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Always think of the end, and you will never do amiss.Apocrypha: Ben Sira 7:36Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday January 1, 2008
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Even if all the world tells you. "You are righteous," consider yourself a sinner.--Rabbi SimlaiReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Monday December 31, 2007
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The acts of the leader are the acts of the nation. If the leader is just, the nation is just; if he is unjust, the nation too is unjust and is punished for the sins of the leader.--The Zohar...
Sunday December 30, 2007
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Learning must be sought; it will not come of itself.--Simeon b. Lakish, Midrash MishleReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.' edited by Joseph L. Baron. Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday December 28, 2007
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One may do something advantageous for a person in his absence.--Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 11aAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday December 27, 2007
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We can judge a man faithful or unfaithful only by his works.--Baruch Spinoza, "Theologico-Political Treatise"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday December 26, 2007
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Show respect for an old man who has forgotten his learning through no fault of his own, for we have learned that the fragments of the old tablets were kept alongside the new tablets in the Ark of the Covenant.--Babylonian...
Tuesday December 25, 2007
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No tongue speaks as much ill of us as our own.--Sholom Aleichem, "Olom Habo"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Monday December 24, 2007
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Every house a temple, every heart an altar, every human being a priest.--Moritz Lazarus, German philosopher and psychologist (1824-1903)...
Sunday December 23, 2007
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A small act done modestly is a thousand-fold more acceptable to God than a big act done in pride.--Orhot Tzaddikim, 15CReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday December 22, 2007
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All beginnings require that you unlock a new door.--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Friday December 21, 2007
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I have no particular taste for post-mortem immortality. I am immortal now, while I am gloriously alive.--Rabbi Joel Blau, "My Uncertain God," 1924...
Thursday December 20, 2007
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Scripture likens the Torah to the desert, to fire, and to water, for like these three, it is free to all.--MekiltaReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.' edited by Joseph L. Baron. Jason Aronson Inc....
Wednesday December 19, 2007
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All souls stood at Sinai, each accepting its share in Torah.--Rabbi Moses ben Hayyim AlshekhReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.' edited by Joseph L. Baron. Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday December 18, 2007
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Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will instruct you....
Tuesday December 18, 2007
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Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will instruct you.Deuteronomy 32:7As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Monday December 17, 2007
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When man completes a product, his relation to it ends; but God's power continues to permeate His creatures.--Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, "Tanya"Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday December 16, 2007
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The souls that were yet to be created were there... So did the sages of all generations receive their wisom from Sinai.--Isaac, Exodus RabbahReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday December 15, 2007
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Shame is an iron fence against sin.--Orchot TzaddikimReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.' edited by Joseph L. Baron. Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday December 14, 2007
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A person is prohibited to eat until he first feeds his animals.--Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 40aAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday December 13, 2007
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To have no occasion for lying does not yet mean to be honest.--Arthur Schnitzler (Austrian playwright, 1862-1931)Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday December 13, 2007
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Genesis 45:28-46:27
"Enough!" said Israel. "My son Joseph is still alive! I must go and see him before I die." So Israel set out with all that was his, and he came to Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of...
Wednesday December 12, 2007
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If you sanctify yourself a little, you are sanctified much.--Talmud: Yoma, 39aReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Monday December 10, 2007
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One may not rely on a miracle.Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 64bReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday December 9, 2007
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Remember the virtues you lack and the faults you have; forget the good you did and the wrong you received.--Orhot TzaddikimReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday December 8, 2007
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One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea, for ideas exist forever.--Benjamin Disraeli, 1847Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Friday December 7, 2007
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Who lives in joy does his Creator's will.--Baal Shem TovReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Thursday December 6, 2007
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The community of the living is the carriage of the Lord.--Hasidic proverb...
Wednesday December 5, 2007
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Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.--Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish-Jewish philosopher and poet c.1021-1058Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Tuesday December 4, 2007
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The highest peace is the peace between opposites.--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Monday December 3, 2007
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On Purim one should drink till he cannot tell the difference between "Cursed be Haman" and "Blessed be Mordecai."--Raba, Talmud: Megilla, 7bReprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Sunday December 2, 2007
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The world is new to us every morning--this is the Holy One's gift and every person should believe he is reborn each day.--Baal Shem Tov...
Saturday December 1, 2007
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There is no reward for following the commandments in this world.--Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 39bAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Friday November 30, 2007
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Who finds a faithful friend finds a treasure.--Ben Sira 6:14...
Thursday November 29, 2007
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You shall not render an unfair decision: do not favor the poor nor show deference to the rich; judge your kinsmen fairly.--Leviticus 19:15As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Wednesday November 28, 2007
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People were given two ears and one tongue so that they may listen more than speak.--Jewish folk saying...
Tuesday November 27, 2007
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A man must always be exceedingly careful to show honor to his wife.--Babylonian TalmudAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Monday November 26, 2007
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.--Jewish proverb...
Sunday November 25, 2007
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Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.--Moshe ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Friday November 23, 2007
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One who learns from his companion a single chapter, a single law, a single verse, a single expression, or even a single letter, should accord him respect.--Ethics of the Fathers, 6:3As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday November 22, 2007
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A man is what he is, not what he used to be.--Yiddish proverb...
Wednesday November 21, 2007
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What is in your heart about your fellow man is most likely in his heart about you.--Book of DeuteronomyAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Monday November 19, 2007
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.--Song of Songs...
Monday November 19, 2007
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Is there any institution that holds out a greater hope for man's progress than the Sabbath?--Abraham Joshua Heschel, "The Sabbath"...
Sunday November 18, 2007
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Woe to him who is alone and falls with no companion to raise him.--Ecclesiastes 4:10As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Saturday November 17, 2007
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The whole world is a very narrow bridge. And the most important thing is to not be afraid.--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Friday November 16, 2007
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Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.--The Talmud, Mishna, Sanhedrin 37a...
Thursday November 15, 2007
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The spiritual perfection of man consists in his becoming an intelligent being--one who knows all that he is capable of learning.--Maimonides...
Wednesday November 14, 2007
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Give of yourself...you can always give something, even if it is only kindness.--Anne Frank...
Tuesday November 13, 2007
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While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Monday November 12, 2007
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If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat.--Proverbs 25:21...
Sunday November 11, 2007
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Religion is not, at the outset, a refuge of grace and mercy for the despondent and desperate, an enchanted stream for crushed spirits, but a raging, clamorous torrent of man's consciousness, with all its crises, pangs, and torments....
Saturday November 10, 2007
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Rabbi Judah says: Whoever does not teach his son a trade or profession teaches him to be a thief.--Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 29aAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday November 8, 2007
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A man should love his wife as himself and honor her more than himself.--Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 62bAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Wednesday November 7, 2007
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If I try to be like him, who will be like me?--Yiddish Proverb...
Tuesday November 6, 2007
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The pure righteous people do not complain against wickedness but add righteousness. They do not complain against disbelief but add faith. They do not complain against ignorance but add wisdom.--Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook...
Monday November 5, 2007
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There is no true justice unless mercy is part of it.--The Zohar...
Sunday November 4, 2007
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I have only one life, and it is short enough. Why waste it on the things I don't want most?--Justice Louis BrandeisAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Saturday November 3, 2007
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A man cannot say to the Angel of Death, "Wait till I make up my accounts."--Ecclesiastes Rabbah 8As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Friday November 2, 2007
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.--Yiddish proverb...
Thursday November 1, 2007
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The Second Temple was destroyed because of causeless hatred. Perhaps the Third will be rebuilt because of causeless love.--Rav Abraham Isaac KookAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Wednesday October 31, 2007
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A person should make ladders for himself by which he can sometimes go up to heaven.--Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapiro...
Tuesday October 30, 2007
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The best security for old age: respect your children.--Sholem AschAs cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Monday October 29, 2007
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He who saves a single life saves the entire world.--The TalmudFrom "A Little Joy, A Little Oy." Reprinted by arrangement with Andrews McMeel Publishing....
Sunday October 28, 2007
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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence; these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my lucky stars I belong to it.--Albert Einstein--As...
Saturday October 27, 2007
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Be strong-willed and stubborn if you want to get closer to God. How else will you survive all the difficulties that are sure to come your way?--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Friday October 26, 2007
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Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has.--Ethics of the Fathers 4:1As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin....
Thursday October 25, 2007
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Human fallibility being what it is, victory and truth do not always go together. Therefore, if you have to always win, you can't always be true.--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Wednesday October 24, 2007
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Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian.--Rabbi Harold Kushner, "When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough," paraphrasing Rabbi Mordechai KaplanAs...
Tuesday October 23, 2007
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The virtue of angels is that they cannot deteriorate; their flaw is that they cannot improve. Humanity's flaw is that we can deteriorate; but our virtue is that we can improve.--Hasidic saying...
Sunday October 21, 2007
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For the sake of one true penitent, the whole world is pardoned. --Rabbi Meir, Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 86b Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc....
Saturday October 20, 2007
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For I desire kindness, not sacrifice. --Hosea 6:6, speaking in the name of God...
Friday October 19, 2007
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Fit yourself to learn Torah; it does not come by inheritance. --Jose HaCohen, Mishna: Abot...
Thursday October 18, 2007
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"It is integrity that invests man with immortality. and bestows upon him the privilege of direct communion with God." --Bahya b. Asher. Kad HaKemah Reprinted with permission from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.' edited by Joseph L. Baron. Jason Aronson...
Wednesday October 17, 2007
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First improve yourself, then improve others. Babylonian Talmud...
Tuesday October 16, 2007
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Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian. --Rabbi Harold Kushner, "When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough," paraphrasing Rabbi Mordechai...
Monday October 15, 2007
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God is closest to those with broken hearts. --Jewish proverb...
Sunday October 14, 2007
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I must uphold my ideals. for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. --Anne Frank...
Saturday October 13, 2007
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.--Victor Frankl...
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