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Prohibit not something to others which you permit to yourself.

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Why was man created on the last day? So that he can be told, when pride possesses himL God created the gnat before thee.

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Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.

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Teach your tongue to say, “I do not know,” lest you err and stumble through your error.

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The Divine Spirit does not reside in any except the joyful heart.

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When the Egyptians were drowning in the Red Sea, the angels in heaven began to break forth in songs of jubilation, but the Holy One, blessed be He, silenced them: “My creatures are perishing — and ye are ready to sing!”

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A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

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Examine the contents, not the bottle.

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He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.

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When man appears before the Throne of Judgment, the first question he is asked is not: “Have you believed in God?” or “Have you prayed and observed the ritual?” He is asked: “Have you dealt honorably and faithfull in all your dealings with your fellow man?”

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Charity and loving-kindness are powerful defenses on the Day of Judgment.

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If two men claim thy help, and one is thy enemy, help him first.

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In Louis I. Newman (comp.), The Talmudic Anthology, #136 (1945)

Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of the government, a man would swallow up his neighbor alive.

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He who publicly shames his neighbor is as though he shed blood.

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Baba Mezia 58b

What is hateful to you, do not to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it.

[d'`alakh sani l'khaverkha la ta`avid. Zo hi kol hatora kulahh, v'idakh peirusha hu: zil g'mor]

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Babylonian Talmud, tractate Shabbat 31a (Rabbi Hillel)
See also the Bible, Matthew 7:12.

Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments.

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In Louis I. Newman, comp., The Talmudic Anthology, #177 (1945)

Rabbi Jannai said: “It is beyond our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the afflictions of the righteous.”

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The Mishnah (c. AD 200)