Yanki Tauber

Do not judge your fellow until you have stood in his place Ethics of the Fathers, 2:4 Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (the ``Besht,'' founder of the chassidic movement) taught: ``Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive wil...

[Rabbon Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi] would say... Make that His will should be your will... Ethics of the Fathers, 2:4 The Talmud relates: Said Rabbi Joshua the son of Chanania: "Once a child got the better of me. "I was travelling and met with...

Be as careful with a minor mitzvah as with a major one, for you cannot know the rewards of the mitzvos. Ethics of the Fathers, 2:1 On the surface, the mishnah's point is simple enough: do not weigh and categorize G‑d's commandments. But upon closer examin...

Rabbi [Judah HaNassi] would say: Which is the correct path for man to choose? Whatever is harmonious for the one who does it, and harmonious for mankind... - Ethics of the Fathers, 2:1 [Rabbon Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi] would say... Make that...

The essential thing is not study, but deed Ethics of the Fathers, 1:17 The Talmud relates: Rabbi Tarfon and the sages were assembled on the second floor of the Nitzah House in Lod, when the query came before them: ``Which is greater, learning or deed?'' S...

[Rabbon Gamliel's] son, Shimon, would say: All my life I have been raised among the wise, and I have found nothing better for the body than silence... Ethics of the Fathers, 1:17 The Talmud goes even further, with the amazing statement: ``What is man's ta...

If not now, when? Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14 "Our world is a banquet," proclaims the Talmud. "Grab and eat, grab and drink." Those who arrived during the early hours of the banquet, went about the business of feasting and dinning in a most professional a...

If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14 The Talmud relates that the Ark in the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) in Jerusalem, which held the Two Tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, po...

Hillel would say: Be of the disciples of Aaron---a lover of peace, a pursuer of peace, one who loves the creatures and draws them close to Torah. Ethics of the Fathers, 1:11 ``Love your fellow as yourself,'' never an easy task for the human heart, proves ...

Nitai the Arbelite would say: Distance yourself from a bad neighbor, and do not cleave to a wicked person. Ethics of the Fathers, 1:7 On the surface, Nitai the Arbelite appears to be conveying a simple, if redundant, message: Stay away from bad people. In...