The Jewish Wisdom Database

The study of Torah outweighs all sacrifices.

The Torah can be interpreted in forty-nine different ways, and God instructed Moses, 'Decide according to the majority.'

What is hateful to thee, never do to thy fellow man: that is the entire Torah; all the rest is commentary.

When you add to the truth, you subtract from it.

The man who does not lend money on interest, either to Jew or Gentile, walks with honor.

Where there is no wine, drugs are necessary.

When a wise man is angry, he is no longer wise.

The wise do not rest either in this world or in the world to come [for they always strive for greater wisdom].

A beautiful wife enlarges a man's spirit.

A beautiful wife makes for happiness and her husband's days are doubled.

Wives save men from sin.

Husband and wife are like one flesh.

Be careful to honor your wife, for blessing enters the house only because of the wife.

I never call my wife 'wife': I call her 'home'---for it is she who makes my home.

Be careful not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

Men at work are not obliged to stand up when a sage passes by. [Other men are.]

The workman's rights always take precedence over those of his employer.

The world is in the hands of fools.

Torah can be acquired only through friendship.