Archive: October 2017

Proverbs 17:25

Posted on October 13, 2017

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healthy to the bones.

Proverbs 15:26

Posted on October 13, 2017

Pleasant words are pure.

Beizah 32b

Posted on October 13, 2017

If someone is compassionate towards others, you can be sure that he is a descendant of our father Abraham, and is someone is not compassionate toward others, you can be sure that he is not a descendant of our father Abraham.

Shabbat 127a

Posted on October 13, 2017

He who judges others favorably, he himself is judged favorably.

Midrash Tanchuma, Numbers 12

Posted on October 13, 2017

Fortunate are the righteous and fortunate are their neighbors.

Leviticus 19:18

Posted on October 13, 2017

And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Ethics of the Fathers 1:6

Posted on October 13, 2017

Judge everyone favorably.

Moses Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, “Laws of Character Development and Ethical Conduct” 6:10

Posted on October 13, 2017

A person must be especially heedful of his behavior toward widows and orphans…One must always speak to them tenderly.

Talmud Yoma 89a

Posted on October 13, 2017

Always speak gently.

Ethics of the Fathers 4:3

Posted on October 13, 2017

Do not be scornful of any person.