"Busy yourself as much as possible with the study of divine things, not to know them merely, but to do them; and when you close the book, look round you, look within you, to see if your hand can translate into deed something you have learned." ~~ Moses of Evreux
"The Torah teaches incidentally good manners." ~~ Ishmael b. Elisha
"The study of Torah outweighs all sacrifices." ~~ Talmud, Menahot 110a
"Do not make the fence more important than what it fences in! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Residence in Israel is equivalent to the observance of all the Biblical precepts." ~~ Eleazar b. Shammua
"The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone." ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 118:22
"Wine cannot stay sweet in gold and silver vessels, but only in cheap earthenware; in the same way, the words of the Torah will keep only with the man who makes himself lowly." ~~ Sifre Deuteronomy, Ekeb 48
"Who loves the Torah will never be sated of it. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"Cursed be he that causes a blind man to stray! " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 27:18
"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
"He who honors the Torah is honored by mankind." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6
"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
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