Wise Fridays: Laziness and Satisfaction

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.–Anne Frank Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.

Wise Fridays: To Say or Not to Say

Just as you are commanded to say something that will be obeyed, you are commanded not to say anything when ...

Wise Fridays: Fraudulent Beggars

“The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one ...

Wise Fridays: Who Is A Jew?

“Whoever repudiates idolatry is called a Jew.” —Babylonian Talmud Megillah 13a Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.

Wise Fridays: Bread and Torah

“Where there is no food there is no Torah; and where there is no Torah there is no food.” — ...

Wise Fridays: Money is Fire

“Money is fire. Like fire it can destroy and annihilate, or illuminate and warm, depending on how it is used.” ...

Wise Fridays: We Are a Part of Torah

To deny people’s full humanity is to remove them from divinity, and if we lessen the divine image of anyone, ...

Wise Fridays: How to Read the Torah

It is not my place to teach people how to read a chapter of Tanakh because the keys to this ...

Wise Fridays: Who Built This House?

“Unless God builds a house its builders labor in vain on it.” —Psalms 127:1 Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on ...

Wise Fridays: Location, Location, Location

“A Torah scholar should not live in a town that doesn’t have a court of law, a charity fund, a ...