Rabbi Quotes

Rabbi Quote of the day

If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am "I"? And if not now, when?

A rabbi told me that when you have two problems - one near, one not so near - concentrate on the immediate one.

I was born in Waukegan a long, long time ago. As a matter of fact, our rabbi was an Indian.

It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith an emphasis on what is permitted.

Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?

I would like now to shed light in your heart on the truth of things, for it was not my will, but that of the Father and my Rabbi, which was done that faithful night.

I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind... to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein (1929)

Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.

To me designing has never been a job or profession. It's a way of life, like a priest or rabbi.

I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

there comes a time in every rabbi's life when he thinks he's Moses.

I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's heartbeat.

Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.

Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog.

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi.

Rabbi means teacher, and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.

I had a life experience that most of my - that none of my friends had. I remember I became everybody's rabbi. Everybody who needed advice would talk to me, and it became an obvious thing.

Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest.

Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.

Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.

I want a priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister. I want to hedge my bets.

I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am.

If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul.-Rabbi Nachman

I am not a priest, I am not an imam, I am not a rabbi and I am implementing the French laws on every French citizen.

If I see any politician or a priest or an imam or a rabbi in the Paradise, I will give up believing in God!

Historically, the rabbis are split on the question of dreams. None of them denied their power.

You can't appreciate a great day unless you've experienced bad ones." - Rabbi Glassman

Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.

[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.

I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.

Last night I didn't realize I said "abortion" in my stand up comedy act instead of "circumcision." No wonder I got blank stares at "rabbi got faint at sight of blood."

I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi is just a scholar.

How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert.

‎"With each experience we grow and become more aware of the inner beauty that lies within us. Ultimately we are truly our own leader. We lead the connection and flow of life that is our inheritance.

Come on people! Somebody disagree with me! How can we learn anything if no one will disagree?" Rabbi Stern

Rabbi, the Sacred Teacher, Jesus Christ.

You have to let go of what is holding you back.

Life would be so much easier if everyone read my book

There are just three things that you can do with Money: save, give, or invest. Somehow in here in America, with all our creativity, we have invented a fourth use for money: we can squander it

Cheap people often are not very happy because they love money more than they love their families

In bad countries the government takes care of everyone. In the best ones that's not necessary!‏

The only thing operating on me was my God-given renewing body and his miraculous healing foods.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?

I believe that the true definition of wealth is loving what you have rather than what you don’t have.

Leverage is a term that makes us sound very sophisticated and wise when we use it. Let’s analyze what it really means.

Luxury items are those things that are mass-produced by a third party and marketed to us to purchase so that we can express our individuality.

We Jews created the concept of good luck. Luck in Hebrew is mazel, which is not actually a word. It is an acronym for three words: 1. makom = place2. zman = time3. lamud = work