"Even the best translation cannot render fully the exact meaning of the text." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn
"A Bible verse can never lose its literal sense, interpret it as you will." ~~ Talmud , Shabbat
"If one man sins, will You be wroth with all the congregation? " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) 16:22
"Like wine, the Torah pleases the heart and improves with age." ~~ Midrash, Sifre Deuteronomy 48
"Thou shalt teach them [commandments] diligently to your children." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 6:7
"The Torah sheds its grace upon those who study it." ~~ Talmud, Sota
"You shall not curse the deaf. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:14
"Any study of the Torah and any prayer unaccompanied by good deeds and repentance void the Torah and make the prayer unwanted." ~~ Otiyot Derabbi Akiva
"The Lord sees not as Man sees: Man looks on the outward appearance, but He looks on the heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 16:7
"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword." ~~ Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17b
"Torah should lead to good deeds, not only to faith, not only good intentions." ~~ Elijah Dellmedigo
"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
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