Rabbi Akiva Quotes

• If a rock, though extremely hard, can be hollowed out by water, how much more so should it be possible for The Light, which is compared to water, to change my heart. I will begin to study it, and try to become a scholar of The Light.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Heart, Light, Rocks

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• Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Choices, Granted, Freedom Of Choice

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• A fence to wisdom is silence.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Silence, Fence

  Pirkei Avot, 3:17,

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• The paper burns, but the words fly away.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.

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  Spiders, Ships, Sin

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• Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Wisdom, Men, Hands

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• Before you taste anything, recite a blessing.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Blessing, Taste

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• He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Divine, Remains, Unmarried

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• Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God. Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God. Beloved are Israel, for unto them was given the desirable Torah

  Rabbi Akiva

  Children, Men, Israel

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• Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Men, Beloved, God Image

  Pirkei Avot, 3:18,

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• Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Men, Levity

  Pirkei Avot, 3:17,

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• Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Children, Israel, Beloved

  Pirkei Avot, 3:18,

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