Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 No evils will befall one who fears the Lord. Instead, God will preserve him during temptation and will free him from evils. 2 A wise man does not hate the commandments and the justices, and so he will not be thrown about violently, like a ship in a storm. 3 A man of understanding […]

1 The hopes of a senseless man are empty and false; and dreams extol the imprudent. 2 Like one who chases a shadow and pursues the wind, so also is one who pays attention to lying visions. 3 In the vision of dreams, one thing represents another, as when a mask is before the face […]

1 Whoever observes the law multiplies oblations. 2 It is a salutary sacrifice to attend to the commandments and to withdraw from all iniquity. 3 And to depart from injustice is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices and a supplication for sins. 4 Whoever gives thanks, offers a gift of fine flour, and whoever […]

1 O God of all, take pity on us, and look with favor on us, and show us the light of your compassion. 2 And send your fear upon the Gentiles, who have not sought you, so that they may acknowledge that there is no God except you, and so that they may declare your […]

1 Every friend will say: “I also am a close friend.” But there is a friend who is a friend in name only. Is this not a grief even unto death? 2 But a companion and friend may turn into an enemy. 3 O wicked presumption! From what were you created that you would cover […]

1 Honor the physician because of necessity, and because the Most High created him. 2 For all healing is from God, and so he will receive gifts from the King. 3 The expertise of the physician will lift up his head, and in the sight of great men, he will be praised. 4 The Most […]

1 A wise man will seek the wisdom of all the ancients, and he will be occupied in the prophets. 2 He will preserve the words of renowned men, and he will enter with them into the subtleties of parables. 3 He will search for the hidden meanings of proverbs, and he will become familiar […]

1 A great occupation was created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their departure from their mother’s womb, even until the day of their burial into the mother of all: 2 their thoughts, and the fears of their heart, their imagined expectations, and the […]

1 O death, how bitter is the memory of you: to a man who has peace in his substance, 2 to a quiet man, and to him whose ways are directed properly in all things, and who still has the strength to take nourishment. 3 O death, your judgment is good to the indigent man, […]

1 You should not repeat a claim heard from the revealing of a hidden word. And then, truly, you will be without shame, and you will find favor in the sight of all men. You should not accept the reputation of someone, so that you would sin, nor should you be confounded in any of […]