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"Thou must not deem it improbable that exalted divine traces should be visible in this material world, when this matter is prepared to receive them. Here are to be found the roots of faith as well as of unbelief""
"Thy way of thinking is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of acting"
"Divine Providence only gives man as much as he is prepared to receive; if his receptive capacity be small, he obtains little, and much if it be great."
"The pious man is nothing but a prince who is obeyed by his senses, and by his mental as well as his physical faculties"
"This means that Jerusalem can only be rebuilt when Israel yearns for it to such an extent that they embrace her stones and dust."
"As regards the Sādōcaeans and Boēthosians, they are the sectarians who are anathemised in our prayer. The followers of Jesus are "the Baptists" who adopted the doctrine of baptism, being baptized in the Jordan.""
"One of the greatest Hebrew poets, Judah ha-Levi was also an anti-rationalist. His chief work, , was a dialogue in defense of Judaism, attempting to show the superiority of to reasoned truth. He pointed out the dependence of Christianity and Islam upon Judaism; he regarded the as possessed of a unique religious sense and Palestine as an unequalled region."
"Make the study of the Torah your chief occupation; speak little, but accomplish much; and receive every man with a friendly countenance."
"כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה"
"שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ, וְאַל תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ תִּתְנַהֵג תָּמִיד לְדַבֵּר כָּל דְּבָרֶיךָ בְּנַחַת, לְכָל אָדָם וּבְכָל עֵת, וּבַזֶּה תִּנָּצֵל מִן הַכַּעַס, שֶׁהִיא מִדָּה רָעָה לְהַחְטִיא בְּנֵי אָדָם... וְכַאֲשֶׁר תִּנָּצֵל מִן הַכַּעַס, תַּעֲלֶה עַל לִבְּךָ מִדַּת הָעֲנָוָה, שֶׁהִיא מִדָּה טוֹבָה מִכָּל מִדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת ... לְמַעַן תַּצְלִיחַ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ, וְתִזְכֶּה לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא הַצָּפוּן לַצַּדִּיקִים."
"Therefore, I will now explain to you how to always behave humbly. Speak gently at all times, with your head bowed, your eyes looking down to the ground and your heart focusing on Hashem. Don't look at the face of the person to whom you are speaking. Consider everyone as greater than yourself. If he is wise or rich, you should give him respect. If he is poor and you are richer -- or wiser -- than he, consider yourself to be more guilty than he, and that he is more worthy than you, since when he sins it is through error, while yours is deliberate and you should know better!"
"Erring, I wandered in the wilderness, In passion's grave nigh sinking, powerless; Now deeply I repent, in sore distress, That I kept not the statutes of the King!"
"Realise that man is comparable to the brute creation except when uplifted by the loving Covenant initiated with our Patriarchs."
"Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance."
"Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance at all unless it registers the overall message each part of our prayers is meant to convey."
"In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we seek."
"Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart."
"Sweet hymns shall be my chant and woven songs, For Thou art all for which my spirit longs-- To be within the shadow of Thy hand And all Thy mystery to understand. The while Thy glory is upon my tongue, My inmost heart with love of thee is wrung, So though Thy mighty marvels I proclaim, 'Tis songs of love wherewith I greet Thy name."
"I have not seen Thee, yet I tell Thy praise, Nor known Thee, yet I image forth Thy ways. For by Thy seers' and servants' mystic speech Thou didst Thy sov'ran splendour darkly teach, And from the grandeur of Thy work they drew The measure of Thy inner greatness, too. They told of Thee, but not as Thou must be, Since from Thy work they tried to body Thee. To countless visions did their pictures run, Behold through all the visions Thou art one."
"Truth is Thy primal word; at thy behest The generations pass - O aid our quest For Thee, and set my host of songs on high, And let my psalmody come very nigh. My praises as a coronal account, And let my prayers as Thine incense mount. Deem precious unto Thee the poor man's song, As those that to thine altar did belong. Rise, O my blessing, to the lord of birth, The breeding, quickening, righteous force of earth. Do Thou receive it with acceptant nod, My choicest incense offered to my God. And let my meditation grateful be, For all my being is athirst for Thee. from Millgram, A. E., Anthology of Medieval Hebrew Literature, Abelard, 1961."
"O forgive! Thy sons live from Thee reft; Praised for grace, Turn thy face to those left, "Forgiven!""
"Ay, 'tis thus. Evil us hath in bond; By Thy grace guilt efface and respond "Forgiven!""
"" With your own blemish do not taunt your fellow." Deuteronomy 10,19"
"" A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end." Numbers 13,27"
"" Yisrael camped there. As one person with one heart (mind)." Exodus 19,2"
"" [We learn] from this that we tell only part of a man's qualities in his presence, and all of them when he is not present." Genesis 7,1"
"" From here [we derive] that one should not maintain a dispute." Numbers 16,12"
"So is the Land of Israel: It cannot sustain sinners (Leviticus 18,28)"
"Eretz Yisrael is higher than all the countries. (Genesis 45,9)"
"I will make the land [so] desolate- This is [actually] a kindly measure for Israel, for their enemies will not find any satisfaction in their land, for it will be desolate of its inhabitants. (Leviticus 26,32)"
"" When they gather together as a single unit, and there is harmony among them--- then He is their king, but not when there is dissention among them." Deuteronomy 33,5"
"We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them."
"The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain."
"They were not aware of the way of modesty, to distinguish between good and bad. Even though there had been put in man knowledge to be able to call the animals names, there had not been put in him the drive towards evil."
"Even a blind man realises when he is naked. So why does it say "And they realised that they were naked"? They had one commandment and were now naked of it."
"God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply."
"I come only to explain its simple meaning."
"If you believe that it is possible to break, believe it is also possible to fix."
"It is a great mitzvah to be happy always."
"And know that a person needs to traverse a very, very narrow bridge, but the fundamental and most important principle is to have no hesitation or fear at all."
"Disparage no book, for it is also a part of the world."
"אמר שלעתיד יהיו כל העולם אנשי ברסלב. ובל"א [ובלשון אשכנז] אמר בזה״ל לעתיד לבא וועט דיא גאנצע וועלט זיין ברסלביר חסידים. - חיי מוהר"ן שלט"
"“You should constantly review my teachings until you know them by heart” (CM)"
"לבקר אחרים ולתת להם הרגשה שאינם רצויים – זאת יכול כל אחד לעשות. אך לרומם את רוחם ולהעניק להם הרגשה טובה – לכך דרושים כשרון מיוחד והשקעת מאמץ"
"נהוג לחשוב שהשכחה הינה חסרון. אני סבור שהיא יתרון. לדעת לשכוח, פירושו להשתחרר מכל תלאות העבר"
"אני יכול עכשיו לומר כל חכמי ישראל דומין עלי כקליפת השום. - חיי מוהר"ן רצ"
"“All my teachings are only introductions, [the main part is up to you to discover]” (SH 200)"
"אם אתה מאמין שיכולים לקלקל, תאמין שיכולים לתקן"
"'אין יאוש בעולם כלל"
"כל העולם כולו גשר צר מאוד, והעיקר - לא לפחד כלל."
Heute, am 12. Tag schlagen wir unser Lager in einem sehr merkwürdig geformten Höhleneingang auf. Wir sind von den Strapazen der letzten Tage sehr erschöpft, das Abenteuer an dem großen Wasserfall steckt uns noch allen in den Knochen. Wir bereiten uns daher nur ein kurzes Abendmahl und ziehen uns in unsere Kalebassen-Zelte zurück. Dr. Zwitlako kann es allerdings nicht lassen, noch einige Vermessungen vorzunehmen. 2. Aug.
- Das Tagebuch
Es gab sie, mein Lieber, es gab sie! Dieses Tagebuch beweist es. Es berichtet von rätselhaften Entdeckungen, die unsere Ahnen vor langer, langer Zeit während einer Expedition gemacht haben. Leider fehlt der größte Teil des Buches, uns sind nur 5 Seiten geblieben.
Also gibt es sie doch, die sagenumwobenen Riesen?
Weil ich so nen Rosenkohl nicht dulde!
- Zwei außer Rand und Band
Und ich bin sauer!