Jewish Quotations

"Do not side with the majority to do wrong!" ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 23:2

"Great is almsgiving (repentance) for it brings Redemption nearer." ~~ Talmud, Rava Batra and Yoma

"No man tells lies at death’s door." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Bava Qamma

"I figure if my kids are alive at the end of the day, I’ve done my job." ~~ Roseanne Barr

"Let bygones be bygones! " ~~ Talmud, Yoma

"If you give your friend a gift, you should tell him." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"The mouth of the wicked utters the preverse." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 10:32

"Palestine should be as distinctly Jewish as England is English." ~~ Chaim Weizmann

"The Sabbaths are for rest and the festivals for joy, not for fasting and weeping and crying." ~~ Maimonides

"Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work." ~~ Barbra Streisand

"Small coins add up to large sums." ~~ Tosefta

"A real friend feels no need to excuse himself for some failing." ~~ The Lubliner Rabbi