Archive: September 2017

Leviticus 19:32

Posted on September 12, 2017

Then you shall rise up…and honor the face of the elder.

Berachot 8b

Posted on September 12, 2017

Honor the elderly and saintly scholar…

Grace After Meals

Posted on September 12, 2017

I was a youth and also have aged.

Avot d’Rabbi Natan

Posted on September 12, 2017

R. Yose said: A person only dies from sheer idleness.

Psalms 71:9

Posted on September 12, 2017

When my strength fails, forsake me not.

Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 27

Posted on September 12, 2017

Whoever greets the old…it is as if he greets the Divine Presence.

Leviticus 19:32

Posted on September 12, 2017

Before an old person you shall rise.

Talmud Arakhin 19a

Posted on September 12, 2017

An old woman in a house is a treasure in the house.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Posted on September 12, 2017

Gauge a country’s prosperity by its treatment of its aged.

Psalms 71:9

Posted on September 12, 2017

Abandon me not when I grow old.