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The wisdom of The Talmud

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J erusalem was destroyed just because school-children were kept from their classrooms.


quote 6628  |   The Talmud
Shabbat 




E ven the mundane talk of scholars needs study.


quote 6627  |   The Talmud
Avoda Zara 




B lessed is the son who studies with his father, and blessed is the father who teaches his son.


quote 6621  |   The Talmud




T he man who divorces is not in the same situation as a woman divorced.


quote 6618  |   The Talmud
Yevamot 




T o ransom prisoners is a splendid act of piety.


quote 6617  |   The Talmud
Bava Batra 




A ny time of the day is good for confession.


quote 6614  |   The Talmud
Talmud Yerushalmi, Yoma 




A man’s character is revealed in three things: in his cup, in his purse, and in his anger.


quote 6612  |   The Talmud
Eiruvin 




T here used to be a very good custom in Jerusalem: a table-cloth was spread at the door ––– so long as it was in place, guests would enter the house. When it was removed, they would not.


quote 6610  |   The Talmud
Bava Batra 




W retched the creatures that see and know not what they see.


quote 6608  |   The Talmud
Chagigah 




T he begger is hungry and does not know it.


quote 6607  |   The Talmud
Megillah 




T o earn a living is as hard as the parting of the Red Sea.


quote 6601  |   The Talmud
Pesachim 




W hoever causes the loss of a single soul is as though he caused the loss of a world entire, and whoever saves one is as though he saved a universe.


quote 6599  |   The Talmud
Sanhedrin 




W eep for the mourners and not for the dead, for he is gone to his rest and we are left to lament.


quote 6596  |   The Talmud
Mo’ed Qatan 




W hen the president enters, all rise and none sits until he says: Be seated!


quote 6594  |   The Talmud
Horayot 




Y ou cannot liken the self-taught man to the schooled.


quote 6589  |   The Talmud
Ketubot 




T hree things drain a man’s health: worry, travel and sin.


quote 6584  |   The Talmud
Gittin 70a 




J ewellery is only elegant if the wearer is.


quote 6581  |   The Talmud
Talmud Yerushalmi, Nedarim 




O ne must not rely on miracles happening.


quote 6580  |   The Talmud
Pesachim 




E ven the Divine Presence is unimportant to an angry man.


quote 6575  |   The Talmud
Nedarim 




S hutting one’s eye from charity is like worshipping idols.


quote 6573  |   The Talmud
Talmud Yerushalmi , Peah 




T o partake of a meal at which a great scholar is present is to feast upon the refulgence of the Divine Presence.


quote 6571  |   The Talmud
Berakot 64a 




H ope for a miracle — but don’t depend on one.


quote 6569  |   The Talmud
Megillah 7b 




H onour your father ––– even if you have to go begging from door to door.


quote 6567  |   The Talmud
Talmud Yerushalmi, Peah 




N ew troubles make us forget the old.


quote 6559  |   The Talmud
Berakhot 




T o promote peace, we support the poor of the heathen, visit their sick and bury their dead, along with the poor, the sick, and the dead of Israel.


quote 6556  |   The Talmud
Gittin 



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