…and when (Abraham) saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them…
When you build a new house, you shall make a fence around your roof, that you bring not blood upon your house if anyone falls from it.
In Jerusalem there was a custom of displaying a flag in front of the door, thereby indicating that the meal was ready and that guests might come in and eat. The removal of the flag was a sign that the meal was finished and that guests should cease from entering.
Go out and see which is the straight path to which a person should adhere…Rabbi Yosi said: a good neighbor.
Hospitality to wayfarers is greater than welcoming the Shechina.
Wherever you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people are my people; your G-d is my G-d; where you die, I will die, and there I shall be buried.
A man’s house should be open wide to the north, to the south, to the east, and to the west like Job, who provided his houses with four doors.
When the community is in trouble, a person should not say, ‘I will go to my house and I will eat and drink and be at peace with myself.’
One who is slack in his work is like a brother to a vandal.
Let your house be open and wide and let the needy be members of your household.
