The Jewish Wisdom Database

Woe to a man whose advocate turns into prosecutor!

Curses curse their utterers.

Just as one must respect the memory of one's widow, so one must respect one's divorcee.

Walls have ears!

Who lodges a scholar in his home is as one offering first-fruits [Shavuot] in the Temple.

One Jew sins and all Jews suffer.

So great is peace that God's name is peace --- 'Shalom', that all the blessings are held within it.

If you have no means to give to the poor, comfort him with kind words!

If two ropes are tied together, untying one means untying both.

Israel will be redeemed only for Sabbath's sake.