Jewish Quotations

"By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding established." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 24:3

"Let your neighbor’s honor be as dear to you as your own! " ~~ Avot 2:12

"All that dwell in the Land of Israel, the Land makes atonement for their sins." ~~ Sifre

"Good manners mean more than learning." ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.

"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table. " ~~ Elie Wiesel

"Better a public scolding than love unrevealed." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:5

"A man should never stand in a place of danger and expect a miracle to happen to him." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 104:33

"The reward of a mitzva? Another mitzva!" ~~ Sayings of the Fathers

"Who respects the elderly is as if he respects the Lord." ~~ Alphabet of Ben Sira

"There never was a wedding without a worry." ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"If you do not know what there is on earth, do you expect to know what there is in heaven?" ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin