The Jewish Wisdom Database

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.

The trees of Jerusalem were of cinnamon, but when it was destroyed, they were hidden away.

Jerusalem will only be redeemed through [the merit of giving] charity.

There are three gates to Gehinam (purgatory) - one of them is in Jerusalem.

A snake or scorpion never bit anyone in Jerusalem and a person never said to his fellow there is not enough room for me to sleep in Jerusalem.

A betrothed girl in Jerusalem does not need to adorn herself with the scent of incense.

There were no days as glorious for the people of Israel as the fifteenth of Av [the Hebrew Month] and as Yom Kippur, when the daughters of Jerusalem would come outside with borrowed white garments and dance in the vineyards.

Whoever mourns for Jerusalem will be meritorious and will see its rejoicing and all who do not mourn for Jerusalem will not see it's rejoicing.