Archive: October 2017

Zohar ii, 47a

Posted on October 18, 2017

The acts of the leader are the acts of the nation. If the leader is just, the nation is just. If the leader is unjust, the nation too is unjust and is punished for the sins of the leader.

Chovot Halevavot

Posted on October 18, 2017

If a man strives…to do what is in his power, G-d will aid him to accomplish what is beyond his power.

Isaiah 1:17

Posted on October 18, 2017

Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

Berachot 6a

Posted on October 18, 2017

In the place where there is no leader, strive to become one.

Ethics of the Fathers 2:4

Posted on October 18, 2017

Don’t say, ‘When I have time I will learn.’ Perhaps you will never have time.

Ethics of the Fathers 3:19

Posted on October 18, 2017

The world is judged in goodness, yet all is proportioned to one’s work.

Proverbs 18:9

Posted on October 18, 2017

One who is slack in his work is like a brother to a vandal.

Nedarim 37a:

Posted on October 18, 2017

G-d said: You must teach, as I taught, without a fee.

Ethics of the Fathers 5:23

Posted on October 18, 2017

According to the effort is the reward.

Yoma 39a

Posted on October 18, 2017

For each little effort towards holiness, Heavens rewards man richly.