See how high the Holy One, blessed be He, is above His world. Yet a person can enter a synagogue, stand behind a pillar and pray in a whisper and the Holy One, blessed be He, hears his prayer.
When a person departs from this world, neither his silver, nor gold, nor precious stones, nor pearls accompany him; only his Torah and good deeds.
The more that one elaborates on the story of the Exodus, the more praiseworthy.
When two sit together and words of Torah are spoken between them, the Divine Presence rests between them.
Whoever is occupied with community needs, it is as if he is occupied with the study of Torah.
The commandment of good manners preceded the Torah.
Make the study of Torah your primary pursuit.
The Torah of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver [coins].
Our Rabbis taught: If a woman was taken captive and a demand was made upon her husband for as much as ten times her value, he must ransom her the first time. Subsequently, however, he ransoms her only if he desired to do so but need not ransom her if he does not wish to Continue Reading »
All Israel is responsible one for the other.
