Jewish Quotations

"Your talk on the Sabbath should not be like your talk on a weekday." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"Deceit in words is worse than deceit in money. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"Food is not to be treated with scorn." ~~ Masekhet Soferim

"Charity and loving-kindness intercede greatly and promote peace between Israel and their Father in Heaven." ~~ Eleazar b. Jose, Tosefta: Peah

"Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers." ~~ Steven Spielberg

"A desire fulfilled is a tree of life. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 13:12

"Do not bargain when you are out of cash!" ~~ Talmud, Pessachim

"A faithless husband makes a faithless wife." ~~ Talmud, Sota 10a

"Idleness wreaks much mischief." ~~ Ben Sira 33:26

"Condemn no man and consider nothing impossible, for there is no man who does not have his hour." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6

"Marriages are made in heaven. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.

"On the Day of Atonement the Israelites are as ministering angels." ~~ Pirqe Derabbi Eliezer