"Blessed be he that keeps the Law!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:18
"Because of gluttony, Esau sold his birthright. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"He who fulfills the Torah amidst his poverty will in the end fulfill it amidst wealth; he who neglects the Torah amidst wealth will in the end neglect it amidst poverty." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9
"The hearts of the parents will return though their children." ~~ Malachi 3:24
"The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it." ~~ Maimonides
"Why was the torah likened unto water? As water leaves a high place and flows to a low one, the Torah, too, rests only among those whose mind is humble." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, or the father for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked upon him. " ~~ Ezekiel (Yechezkel) 18:20
"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
"The man who boasts: “I have naught but the Torah” has not even that." ~~ Talmud, Yevamot
"Without manners no Torah, without Torah no manners." ~~ Eleazar b. Azariah, Mishna: Avot
"The whole world is nothing more than a singing and a dancing before the Holy One, blessed be He. Every Jew is a singer before Him, and every letter in the Torah is a musical note." ~~ Nathan b. Naphtali Herz
"Three things were given as a gift to the world: the Torah, the stars and rain. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
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