Jewish Quotations

"Hospitality to strangers shows reverence for the name of the Lord." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 127a

"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you, too, be like him! " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 26:4

"A beautiful wife makes for happiness and her husband’s days are doubled." ~~ Talmud, Yebamot 63b

"I have loved you with an everlasting love." ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 31:3

"Men make mistakes not because they think they know when they do not know, but because they think others do not know." ~~ Shalom Aleichem

"A carpenter without tools is no carpenter." ~~ Midrash, Exodus R. 40:1

"If you believe all gossip around you, you will be left without one good friend. " ~~ Ben Shlomo Immanuel

"Not to transmit an experience is to betray it. " ~~ Elie Wiesel

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life." ~~ Ben Sira 6:18

"Good men promise little and perform much; wicked men promise much and perform nothing." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim 21b

"Diverse weights and diverse measures are an abomination to the Lord." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:10

"He who sees everything sees nothing." ~~ Abraham Shlonsky