Cool Quotes for Elul

Compiled by Brielle Goodman
Johns Hopkins University
KOACH on Campus Editor

Judah HaNasi:

“I learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues and most from my students.”

- Babylonian Talmud Ta’anit 7a

Abraham Joshua Heschel:

The Greeks learned in order to comprehend.
The Hebrews learned in order to revere.
The modern man learns in order to use.

God in Search of Man

Based on the words of Joshua Ben Perakhya:

“Find a teacher to challenge your answers. Acquire a friend to challenge your questions. Allow everyone the room to doubt, the ability to challenge opinions, even your own.”

–Pirkei Avot 1:6

Rabbi Tarfon:

“You are not obligated to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”

–Pirkei Avot 1:21

Hillel:

"Say not, when I have leisure I will study; for you may never have leisure"

- Pirkei Avot 2:4

[Posted 8/26/03]