Judaism Quotes

Most popular Judaism quotes

What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor: this is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary; now go and study.

Torah

The purpose of the laws of the Torah ... is to bring mercy, loving-kindness and peace upon the world. - Maimonides quote.
The purpose of the laws of the Torah ... is to bring mercy, loving-kindness and peace upon the world.

Torah

The world endures because of three activities: Torah study, worship of God, and deeds of loving-kindness.
— Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)

Torah

...ethics is at Judaism's core; God's first concern is with a person's decency. - Joseph Telushkin quote.
...ethics is at Judaism's core; God's first concern is with a person's decency.
He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice, to love goodness, and to walk modestly with your God.
— Book of Micah (Old Testament)

God biblical

Jeremiah, like Micah, enumerates three types of behavior that give God pleasure: in his case, kindness, justice, and equity. - Joseph Telushkin quote.
Jeremiah, like Micah, enumerates three types of behavior that give God pleasure: in his case, kindness, justice, and equity.

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