"When the time comes for an accounting of man’s deeds, it is too late to do anything about them." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 84:12
"The Holy One will turn the Ninth of Ab into joy…and will Himself build Jerusalem and gather therein the exiles of Israel." ~~ Midrash Zuta, Eika
"Great is the Sabbath, since it outweighs all religious precepts." ~~ Midrash Gadol Ugdula
"As you teach, you learn." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Many pens are broken, and seas of ink consumed, to descibe things that never happened." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma
"Avraham called it Yireh (See) as it says [in the Scriptures], “And Avraham called the name of that place Yireh Hashem” (See God). Shem called it Shalem (Complete) as it says “And Malki Tzedek, King of Shalem.” The Holy One, Blessed be He said “I will call it Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) like both of them called it – Yireh, Shalem – Yerushalayim. " ~~ Midrash, Bereshit Raba 56
"If you see a graveyard before you, know that the town is nearby." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Who hears curses and keeps silent is called pious." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"If a person wishes to become a priest or a Levite, he cannot; but even a Gentile can be righteous." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"If a man does not do good himself, let him not rely on what his ancestors did!" ~~ Midrash Tehillilm
"When justice is not meted out on earth, it is meted out in heaven." ~~ Midrash, Tehillim
"Modesty is a great thing, for Moses our Leader was endowed with it. " ~~ Midrash Gadol Ugdulah
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