"Teach your children letters, that they may have understanding all their life, reading unceasingly the law of God." ~~ Apocrypha: Patriarchs, Levi
"Tradition is a fence for the Torah." ~~ Avot 3:13
"If a man does not pursue the words of the Law, they will not pursue him." ~~ Midrash Mishle
"Do not take bribes, for they blind the clear-eyed and upset the pleas of the just! " ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 23:8
"Blessed be he that keeps the Law!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:18
"Faith is the essence of Torah." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"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
"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
"Man looks to the outward show, but the Lord looks into the heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 16:7
"Arrange the ordinances in order, like a set table." ~~ Akiba, Mekilta
"Who withholds a law from his pupil robs him of his inheritance." ~~ Rab (Abba Arika)
"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
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