I have always been edified by Hebrew prayers.

In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me…

— Mandy Patinkin

I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows…

— Dani Shapiro

“If he is not edified by my silence, he will not be edified by my speech.”

— Abba Pambo

When we evaluate the rightness or wrongness of actions or behavior, we need to ask ourselves if that behavior will edify—build up—ourselves or someone…

— Myles Munroe

“Wherefore, he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one another, and both are edified and rejoice together.”

— Joseph Smith Jr

“I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbours' defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.”

— Anonymous

“There is some evidence that the Canaanites lived together with the Babylonians for a longer period than did the Aramaeans ... It is found…

— James John Courtenay

The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the…

— Jonathan Sacks

The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I say to…

— John Shelby Spong

Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and He will…

— Martin Luther

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

— Zubin Mehta

The Nazis played the same games against Jews that today’s left plays against 'Eurocentrism,' 'whiteness,' and 'logocentrism.' When you hear a campus radical denounce…

— Anonymous

All the various component parts of the Hebrew worship subserve this great purpose, the bringing of man into communication with God.

— Samson Raphael Hirsch

The assets of the Jewish National Home must be created exclusively through our own work, for only the product of the Hebrew labor can…

— David Ben-Gurion

“There have been various attempts to reconstruct the vocalization and pronunciation of classical biblical Hebrew, which certainly differs considerably from that established by the…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos