Torah/Bible/Tanach

"Where God is blasphemed, no respect is due to the Rabbi. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

Filed under: Sin and Repentance, Talmud, Berakhot, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"Just as a man does not blush to ask his friend to give him water, so he should not be ashamed to ask a younger man to teach him Torah." ~~ Tanchuma

Filed under: Education, Tanchuma, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"The world stands upon three things: Torah, Worship and Loving Deeds." ~~ Pirke Avot 1:2

Filed under: Avot, Faith, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"You can't drive away the darkness with sticks or weapons. The only way is to light a candle and the darkness will disappear by itself. Our candle is the Torah." ~~ The Chofetz Chaim

Filed under: The Chofetz Chaim, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"The hearts of the parents will return though their children." ~~ Malachi 3:24

Filed under: Children, Malachi, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"The sons of sages are not always sages---so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that the sages' sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of the Fathers 2:12

Filed under: Children, Education, Sayings of the Fathers, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"God is everywhere and everything." ~~ Abraham Dov Lebensohn

Filed under: Abraham Dov Lebensohn, Science, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"For the Jews the advantage of Hebrew over other languages is that it is the natural garment of Judaism." ~~ Achad Ha'am

Filed under: Achad Ha'am, Israel, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"Arrange the ordinances in order, like a set table." ~~ Akiba, Mekilta

Filed under: Akiba, Education, Torah/Bible/Tanach

"Teach your children letters, that they may have understanding all their life, reading unceasingly the law of God." ~~ Apocrypha: Patriarchs, Levi

Filed under: Apocrypha, Education, Torah/Bible/Tanach

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