"Judaism is a nation and a creed at one and the same time." ~~ Joseph Klausner
"Who lives happily does his Creator’s will." ~~ Baal Shem Tov
"The translator is a commentator, and every commentator also adds something of himself towards the deepening of the matter, its explanation and emphasis. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Do not make the fence more important than what it fences in! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Abhor not an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land! [Passover/Pesach]" ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 23:8
"Whoever lives by Torah, good deeds, humility, and the fear of Heaven, will be saved from doom." ~~ Middrash, Pesikta R. 198a
"You shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant or his maidservant, his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor”s. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 5:18
"There are three crowns: of Torah, of priesthood, and of royalty; but the crown of a good name surpasses all three." ~~ Avot 4:13
"The child honors his mother more than his father because his mother affects him by her words—so God set the honoring of the father before the honoring of the mother; and the child fears his father more than his mother, because it is the father who teaches him Torah—so God set the fearing of the mother before the fearing of the father." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 31a
"Who occupies himself with the Torah for its own sake finds his learning become his elixir of life." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord." ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 35:2
"The hearts of the parents will return though their children." ~~ Malachi 3:24
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