Aharon Feldman

“One cannot subordinate himself simultaneously to God and to his own idolized self. Thus the Sages say: "Whoever becomes angry, [even if…

— Aharon Feldman

“Human endeavour is not competent to obtain success and wealth. "Bread is not the possession of the wise nor wealth the possession…

— Aharon Feldman

“The least among you [the Sages] has the capacity to revive the dead (Avodah Zarah 10b)”

— Aharon Feldman

“The Sages promise us that anyone who studies the Torah will derive spiritual purification from his studies (Berachos 16a).”

— Aharon Feldman

“The Gaon explains that the juggler in the first story in this book represents a man who has devoted himself entirely to…

— Aharon Feldman

“Vilna Gaon was also an expert in nearly all secular wisdom of his time, for he felt that such knowledge enhanced the…

— Aharon Feldman

“Nothing demonstrates this more than man's intelligence: it has a capacity far beyond what would have been necessary in animal terms.”

— Aharon Feldman

“Because anger is the ultimate expression of pride, anger and a feeling of closeness to God are mutually exclusive.”

— Aharon Feldman

“Do not malign the words of a sage even if they seem trivial, for they contain the loftiest wisdom.”

— Aharon Feldman

“The Rabba bar Bar-Cganah stories and the Savvei DeVei Atuna riddles (Bava Basra 733a-74b and Bechoros 8b) consist of fantastic stories and…

— Aharon Feldman

“All evil was created by God to block out spirituality from the world so that man would be forced to struggle for…

— Aharon Feldman

“The Talmudic sage Rav Amram reached such a high level os spirituality that his evil inclination left him, the Talmud tells us…

— Aharon Feldman

“Lust drives the chariot of the yetzer hara; the seat on which it sits is pride.”

— Aharon Feldman