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Pirkei Avot

  • stellarnodeцитирует3 года назад
    Akabia, the son of Mahalalel, said, "Consider three things, and thou wilt not come within the power of sin: know whence thou camest, and whither thou art going, and before whom thou wilt in the future have to give an account and reckoning. Whence thou camest: from a fetid drop; whether thou art going: to a place of dust, worms, and maggots; and before whom thou wilt in the future have to give an account and reckoning: before the Supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Be careful in reading the Shema and the Amidah; and when thou prayest, consider not thy prayer as a fixed (mechanical) task, but as (an appeal for) mercy and grace before the All-present, as it is said, 'For he is gracious and full of mercy, slow to anger, and abounding in loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil'; and be not wicked in thine own esteem
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Let the property of thy friend be as dear to thee as thine own; prepare thyself for the study of Torah, since the knowledge of it is not an inheritance of thine, and let all thy deeds be done in the name of God
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    The evil eye, the evil inclination, and hatred of his fellow-creatures, put a man out of the world
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Let thy friend's honor be as dear to thee as thine own; be not easily excited to anger; and repent one day before thy death
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    the more Torah, the more life; the more schooling, the more wisdom; the more counsel, the more understanding; the more charity, the more peace. He who has acquired a good name has acquired it for himself; he who has acquired for himself words of Torah has acquired for himself life in the world to come
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Separate not thyself from the congregation; trust not in thyself until the day of thy death; judge not thy neighbor until thou art come into his place; and say not anything which cannot be understood at once, in the hope that it will be understood in the end; neither say, 'When I have leisure I will study'; perchance thou wilt have no leisure
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Do His will as if it were thy will. Nullify thy will before His will, that He may nullify the will of others before thy will
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Be on your guard against the ruling power; for they who exercise it draw no man near to them except for their own interests; appearing as friends when it is to their own advantage, they stand not by a man in the hour of his need
  • stellarnodeцитирует4 года назад
    Know what is above thee—a seeing eye, and a hearing ear, and all thy deeds written in a book
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