Proverbs 15.14-15

The discerning heart seeks out the deepest wisdom...and the joyous mind is always feasting.

Masehet Hagiga, 3a

A house of learning flourishes with innovation.

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S.R. Hirsch, The Nineteen Letters, 1836, #12

Join a community, by which alone your work can be made universal and eternal in its results.

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(Midrash) Exodus Rabba 5:9

Come and Learn: The voice of God spoke to each Israelites, that means to each and every person. God's voice was heard and understood because the voice spoke to each individual according to that person's particular ability to hear and understand...to the elderly in keeping with their ability, to the young in keeping with their ability, to the little ones in keeping with their ability, and so on.

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Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 4:1

Who is wise? One who learns from every person. Who is strong? One who subdues one's evil inclination. Who is rich? One who is happy with one's lot. Who is to be honored? One who honors others.

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(Talmud) Berachot 58a

Our masters taught: One who sees a host of Israelites should say, "Blessed be the One who discerns secrets, for the mind of each of them is not like the mind of any other, nor is the countenance of each of them like the countenance of any other."

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(Midrash) Tanna de Bei Eliyahu Rabbah 26:6 (10th Century)

This is what the Holy One said to Israel: My children, what do I seek from you?I seek no more than that you have ahavah (love) for one another and kavod (honor) one another; and that you have yirah (awe and reverence) for one another.

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(Talmud) Baba Batra, page 8a

If a person resides in a town for thirty days, that person is responsible for continuing the soup kitchen; After three months, that person is responsible to the charity box; After six months, to the clothing fund; After nine months, to the burial fund; And after twelve months, that person is responsible for contributing to the repair of the town walls.

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Temple Beth Zion

Brit Halashon - From Temple Beth Zion, an independent Jewish Congregation in Brookline, MA with special focus on building community, that is dedicated to ongoing education, passing on Jewish Tradition, social action and spiritual awareness.Thank you to Gary Grossman for sharing this with us.

Leo Baeck

"It is an old saying: Ask a Jew a question, and the Jew answers with a question. Every answer given arouses new questions. The progress of knowledge is matched by an increase in the hidden and mysterious." - Leo Baeck

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Tosafot (12th c. Commentary on Mishna)

One who is wise, humble and fearful of sin may be made a community leader.

Tosafot (12th c. Commentary on Mishna)
Sanhedrin 7:1