Quotes of the Week - May 20, 2008:
"I wish for the recovery of my daughter Kerstin, the love of my children,
the protection of my family and for people with heart and compassion."
-- Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman kept as sex slave by her father
for 24 years thanks people for their support in a handwritten message
on notice board in square of her home town.
"No foreigners allowed." -- Burmese police officer stops aid
workers from entering cyclone-stricken communities in Irrawaddy Delta.
"My wife wouldn't let me retire. She kicks me out of the door at
7am every morning. She's quite a formidable person." -- Sir Alex
Ferguson after his team Manchester United won Premier League title.
"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
-- US President George Bush explains why he quite the game in 2003.
Topic: Bar Mitzvah Quotes, Bat Mitzvah
Quotes, Blessings for Bar/Bat Mitzvah
May you live to see your world fulfilled, May
you be our link to future worlds, and may your hope encompass
all the generations to be. May your heart conceive with understanding,
may your mouth speak wisdom and your tongue be stirred with
sounds of joy. May your gaze be straight and sure, your eyes
be lit with Torah's lamp, your face aglow with heaven's radiance,
your lips expressing words of knowledge, and your inner self
alive with righteousness. And may you always rush in eagerness
to hear the words of One more ancient than all time. Talmud, Brachot 17A
My son, forget not my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments.
For length of days and years of life will they bestow on you;
Let kindness and truth not leave you; Bind them about your neck
; Write them on the tablet of your heart; so you will fine grace
and favor in the eyes of God and man. Proverbs 3. 1-4
Incline thine ear, hear the words of the wise and apply thy
heart unto my knowledge. Proverbs 22. 17
Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion for, lo, I come, and will
dwell in your midst. Declares the Lord. Zechariah 2. 14
I found a fruitful world, because my ancestors planted it for
me. Likewise I am planting for my children. Talmud, Taanit 23a
Train up a child in the way he should go and even when he is
old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22. 6
It is a tree of life for those who hold fast to it. Proverbs 3. 18
And the boy grew up and the Lord blessed him. Judges 13. 24
As an olive tree does not lose its foliage in summer or winter,
so Israel will never be lost, here or hereafter. Joshua B. Levi Talmudl Menachot
Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret
of redemption. The Baal Shem Tov
Whoever teaches his son teaches not only his son, but also his
son's son - and so on to the end of generations. Talmud, Kiddushin 30a
He shall be like a tree planted by waters sending forth its
roots by a stream. Jeremiah 17. 8
He who plants a tree plants a hope. Lucy Larcom
He who plants a tree loves others besides himself. Thomas Fuller
But I am like a thriving olive tree in the house of God. Psalms 52. 10
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. Proverbs 11. 30
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose
under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3. 1
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