Archive: October 2017

Deuteronomy 15:8

Posted on October 9, 2017

But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.

Ethics of the Fathers 2:16

Posted on October 9, 2017

It is not your obligation to complete the task of perfecting the world, but neither are you free to desist from doing all you can.

Samuel I 16:23

Posted on October 9, 2017

David would take the harp and play with his hand, and Saul would be relieved.

Mishlei Agur

Posted on October 9, 2017

As one hand washes the other, so must one person help another.

Exodus Rabbah 31:15

Posted on October 9, 2017

All of G-d’s creations borrow from each other: Day from night and night from day, the moon from the stars and the stars from the moon…the sky from the earth and earth from the sky.

Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5

Posted on October 9, 2017

Whoever saves a single life – it is as though he has saved the entire world.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Posted on October 9, 2017

Two are better than one, for if they fall, one can raise the other, but woe to those who are alone and fall with no companion to raise them!

Deuteronomy 22:4

Posted on October 9, 2017

For I desire and not sacrifice, attachment to G-d rather than burnt offerings.

Shabbat 30b

Posted on October 9, 2017

The Divine Spirit does not rest upon a person who is sad, but only upon one filled with the joy of a mitzvah.

Sifra Leviticus on 19:14

Posted on October 9, 2017

If a man seeks your advice, do not give him counsel that is wrong for him.