Jewish Quotations

"He who teaches a child is as if he had created it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin 19b

"Abhor not an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land! [Passover/Pesach]" ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 23:8

"To know that a thing is bad is half way to repentance." ~~ Meiri

"Life is stronger than any destruction of it." ~~ Aaron David Gordon

"A convert is regarded as an infant new-born. " ~~ Talmud, Yevamot

"The moral laws are much more eminent and elevated han are the causal." ~~ Abraham Isaac Kook

"Wisdom is God’s power in action; for without it, everything is but theory." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi

"Be careful to honor your wife, for blessing enters the house only because of the wife. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia 59a

"There is no mistaking the truth." ~~ Talmud, Sota

"If you see a generation of lying ways, know that the rulers provoke it!" ~~ Ruth R.

"Just as love blindfolds you and you see no faults, so hate blindfolds you and you see no virtues. " ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"Weep before God and laugh before people!" ~~ Yiddish Proverb