To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer for the dead] for a Gentile is a most uncommon proceeding, but so unanimous… — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire… — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the… — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
