If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer for the dead] for a Gentile is a most uncommon proceeding, but so unanimous and ardent is the feeling of the people of the New York ghetto in the present instance that… — 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
![“To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer for the dead] for a Gentile is a most uncommon proceeding, but so unanimous and ardent is the feeling of the people of the New York ghetto in the present instance that Pres. William McKinley is spoken of in that quarter as "the loving brother of all…” quote by Abraham Cahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c83/abraham-cahan-29449_ardent_to-say-this-sacred-prayer-the-kaddish-pr_2610924.jpg)
