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Wisdom and teachings of
Judaism

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W ash you, make you clean, . . . Cease to do evil; Learn to do well; Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.† Isaiah 1:16-20 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) ) ‘And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise — for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry . . . ’

quote 7667 | The Nevi'im
Exodus 22:20-22 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T hou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart . . . Thou shalt not take vengeance . . . I am the Lord.

quote 7666 | The Torah
Leviticus 19:17-18 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

quote 7665 | The Torah
Leviticus 19:18 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. . . . Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

quote 7664 | The Torah
Exodus 20:2-14 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

A nd we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders. And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

quote 7663 | The Torah
Deuteronomy 26:7-9 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T he Lord saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice; And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation unto Him; And His righteousness, it sustained Him; And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of salvation upon His head, . . .

quote 7662 | The Nevi'im
Isaiah 59:15-17 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T hus saith the Lord: The heaven is My throne, And the earth is My footstool; Where is the house that ye may build unto Me? And where is the place that may be My resting-place?

quote 7661 | The Nevi'im
Isaiah 66:1 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T he sleep of the wicked is a benefit to them and a boon to the world.

quote 6744 | The Talmud
Sanhedrin 8:5

G od will accept repentance for all sins except one: giving another man a bad name.

quote 6743 | The Zohar

M y friend is he who will tell me my faults, in private.

quote 6739 | Salomon Ibn Gabirol

W hoever performs one good action gains an advocate, whoever commits a sin procures an accuser

quote 6738 | The Sayings of the Fathers
4:15

O nly God can give us credit for the angry words we did not speak.

quote 6737 | Rabbi Harold Kushner

W ho tells a secret will forfeit trust, and find no true friend.

quote 6736 | Jeshua ben Sirach
27:16

A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth stands for ever.

quote 6735 | The Ecclesiastes
1:4

V isiting is like rain: prayed for when absent, but tiresome when overdone.

quote 6734 | Salomon Ibn Gabirol

F or many afflictions, silence is the best remedy.

quote 6733 | The Talmud
Megilah 18a

J ealousy has a thousand eyes, yet none sees properly.

quote 6732 | Mishle Yehoshua

D on’t run too far; you will have to return the same distance.

quote 6731 | The Misdrashs
Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 11:9

W here men truly wish to go, there their feet will manage to take them.

quote 6730 | The Talmud
Sukkah 53a

D eath is no respecter of the great.

quote 6729 | The Beth Middot

M odesty is the noblest of all ornaments.

quote 6728 | Eleazar Rokeach

I t is bounden duty to perform the will of a dying man.

quote 6727 | The Talmud
Ta’anit

I f it be as clear to you as the light of morn, say it! If it be not, say it not!

quote 6726 | The Talmud
Sanhedrin

H e piles up riches and knows not who will gather them

quote 6725 | The Psalm
39:6

K eep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit!

quote 6724 | The Psalm
34:13

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Wisdom and teachings ofJudaism

Wisdom and teachings of
Judaism