The Jewish Wisdom Database

Whoso sees the dead and does not follow the bier is as one that scoffs at the poor.

Weep for the mourners and not for the dead, for he is gone to his rest and we are left to lament.

A corpse does not feel the knife.

It is bounden duty to perform the will of a dying man.

As the Angel of Death is licensed to destroy, he does not trouble to distinguish between righteous and wicked.

Nobody mocks on his deathbed.

May my death atone for all my sins!

Many have drunk from this cup of mourning and many will drink.

Does a man know what day his end will come?

Payment of debt is a religious commandment.

Deceit in words is worse than deceit in money.

One should not ask about demons on the Sabbath.

What is the meaning of 'you shall die and not live' (Second Kings 20:2)? You shall die in this world and not live in the next.

If a man divorces his first wife, even the altar sheds tears for him.

Let no man marry a wife meaning to divorce her!

No man can divorce his friend's wife.

When a divorced man marries a divorced woman, there are four opinions in the marriage-bed.

The man who divorces is not in the same situation as a woman divorced.

Since it cannot be done, let it be!

Money may not be had for bread, but it can be got for the doctor.

Do not ask the doctor, ask the patient!

It is forbidden to dwell in a town without a doctor.

Even the best of doctors deserves Purgatory.

When dogs howl, the Angel of Death is in town; when they play, the prophet Elijah is.

You should not train a dog unless it is fastened by a chain.