"Where is God? In the heart of every man that seeks Him." ~~ The Prince and the Hermit
"Behold, the Day of the Lord cometh, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it. " ~~ Isaiah (Yesha
"Not the expounding of the Law is the important matter but the doing of it." ~~ Avot 1:17
"Man looks to the outward show, but the Lord looks into the heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 16:7
"The words of Torah heal the soul, not the body." ~~ Maimonides, Mishneh Torah
"How long are we required to study Torah? Until the day of our death…Some of Israel’s wisest men were woodchoppers, others drawers of water, some even blind men—and all of them studied Torah day and night." ~~ Maimonides, Mishneh Torah
"If food, which is ephemeral, requires a blessing before and after you eat it, how much more so the Torah, which is everlasting! " ~~ Talmud, Berakkhot
"The Torah can be interpreted in forty-nine different ways, and God instructed Moses, “Decide according to the majority.”" ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin 4:2
"He who honors the Torah is honored by mankind." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6
"For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you shall be clean before the Lord. [Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur] " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 16:30
"Without manners no Torah, without Torah no manners." ~~ Eleazar b. Azariah, Mishna: Avot
"The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it." ~~ Maimonides
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