Sin and Repentance Archives - Jewish Quotations

"Consider every day your last and you will always be ready—with good deeds and repentance." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 153a

"The senseless man pours contempt on his neighbor; but the intelligent man keeps silent." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:12

"There is no greater evil than the hatred of Man. " ~~ Y. Bar-Yekutiel

"To love God truly, you must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God but does not love his fellow man, he is lying." ~~ Hasidic Proverb

Leave a Comment

"For him that talks obscenely hell will be deepened. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

Leave a Comment

"Jealousy is the worst of evils, because it hurts first one’s friend. " ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

Leave a Comment

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

Leave a Comment

"Every sin is like a double-edged sword, and there is no cure against its wound. " ~~ Ben Sira 21:3

Leave a Comment

"The purpose of wisdom is repentance and good deeds. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

Leave a Comment

"If you cling to wisdom, you cannot cling to [impure] desires." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi

Leave a Comment

"Any study of the Torah and any prayer unaccompanied by good deeds and repentance void the Torah and make the prayer unwanted." ~~ Otiyot Derabbi Akiva

Leave a Comment

"So long as you have not lost your sense of shame, the image of God is still within you. " ~~ Shim