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1. Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi would say:

Which is the right path for man to choose for himself? Whatever is harmonious for the one who does it, and harmonious for mankind.

/,um k ir a i n gsuh v t ih a 'vrUn cf v e vm c rh h n a f , , t j k u n vz uvu /Vs p s b vr g r au 'Vr a s b vm s p c jn h x v d c f f f d u n x v a uvu f

Be as careful with a minor mitzvah as with a major one, for you do not know the rewards of the mitzvot. Consider the cost of a mitzvah against its rewards, and the rewards of a transgression against its cost.

'W n v gnk v gs - vr g hsh t v t h ohr s v ka k ,xv n k n c k c , tu c a c f u :ih ,fb rp c Wh g k ',g uJ izt v ur ig c x a n fu n u t h

Contemplate three things, and you will not come to the hands of transgression: Know what is above from you: a seeing eye, a listening ear, and all your deeds being inscribed in a book.
Shira Hochheimer 2012

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He would also say: Make that His will should be your will, so that He should make your

will to be as His will. Nullify your will before His will, so that He should nullify the will of others before your will.

'Q un ouh sg Q mg i t, k 'rUCm i Jurp k 'r ut k v , n c n tu v n , t n k r p h a r s r t, k 'unue k gh ,a sg Qr j , ih , k a t t c n tu n d c t s tu :vb , tk t a 'vb t vb tafk r t, k /g avk upuX guna p n a p n tu n a k
Hillel would say: Do not separate yourself from the community. Do not believe in yourself until the day you die. Do not judge your fellow until you have stood in his place. Do not say something that is not readily understood in the belief that it will ultimately be understood And do not say "When I free myself of my concerns, I will study,'' for perhaps you will never free yourself.

Shira Hochheimer 2012

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