Archive: October 2017

Amos 5:22-24

Posted on October 14, 2017

Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Genesis Rabbah 86:6

Posted on October 14, 2017

Wherever the righteous go, the Schechinah (presence of G-d) goes with them.

Psalms 92:13-14

Posted on October 14, 2017

The righteous will flourish like a date palm. Like a cedar in Lebanon he will grow tall.

Psalms 37:21

Posted on October 14, 2017

A righteous person deals graciously and gives.

Maimonides, “Law of Character Development”, 6:10

Posted on October 14, 2017

A person should strive to become friendly with righteous people, and to stay in the presence of those who are wise, so that one will learn from their actions.

Isaiah 33:15

Posted on October 14, 2017

He who walks righteously shall dwell on high.

Yoma 38b

Posted on October 14, 2017

This world would have been created even for the sake of one righteous man.

Proverbs 8:20

Posted on October 14, 2017

In the way of righteousness I will go, in the midst of the paths of justice.

Proverbs 4:18

Posted on October 13, 2017

The path of the righteous is like the light of the sun that shines ever more rightly until the height of noonday.

Maimonides, “Laws of Repentance”

Posted on October 13, 2017

If one desires to turn himself to the path of good and be righteous, the choice is his. Should he desire to turn to the path of evil and be wicked, the choice is his.