The Jewish Wisdom Database

Once a witness has given his evidence, he cannot change it.

Who bears false witness against his friend deserves to be thrown to the wolves.

No witness can become the judge.

What neither fire nor water can consume, false testimony can.

A woman feels shame more keenly than a man.

The Lord gave more wit to women than to men.

A woman suffers more from the jealousy of a friend than from the prick of a thorn.

Just as there is a key to a house, there is a key to every woman.

A man is led the way he wishes to follow.

Three things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married love.

If he is a fighter, he is no writer; if a writer, no fighter.

Happy are we whose youth shamed not our old age!

The study of Torah outweighs all sacrifices.

Great is charity, for it brings near the redemption.

The greatest charity is to enable the poor to earn a living.

The talk of the child in the street is that of his father or mother at home.

Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.

Good deeds are better than wise sayings.

It is not your duty to complete the work, but neither are you excused from it.

Those who do not grow, grow smaller.

When a man who has been previously married marries a woman who has been previously married, four people go to bed.

Whoever teachs his son teaches not only his son but also his son's son---and so on to the end of generations.

The more charity, the more peace.

One who stands [in prayer] in Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel) should direct his heart towards Jerusalem, if he was standing in Jerusalem, he should direct his heart towards the holy Temple.

To what does 'In the city of Gold' refer? To the Golden Jerusalem (crown) like that that Rabbi Akiva made for his wife.