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Wise Fridays: Respecting the Aged

“Show respect to an old man who has forgotten his learning through no fault of his own, for we have ...

Wise Fridays: The Value of Independence

Without moral and intellectual independence, there can be no national independence. —David Ben Gurion Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on ...

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: 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: The Call of the Cow

A medicine man from the Blood Indian Reservation, Brother Rufus Goodstriker…picked up the shofar and looked it over. “Ram’s hom,” ...

Wise Fridays: Sins and Lizards

The rabbis told this story: In a certain place there was a lizard which used to injure people. They came ...

Wise Fridays: Self Improvement

If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow? –Rabbi Nahman ...

Wise Fridays: Grabbing at the World

A baby enters the world with hands clenched, as if to say, “The world is mine; I shall grab it.” ...

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