Ibid., fol. 11, col. 2.
A common proverb says, "One father willingly maintains ten sons, but ten
sons are not willing to support one father."
Ibid., fol. 12, col. 2.
The proper use of money is that thou learn the art of dealing honestly,
so that thy No be no and thy Yes, yes; and as far as possible be
benevolent with the money. "And the liberal by liberal things shall
stand" (Isa. xxxii. 8).
Ibid.
The sage says, "The eye of a needle is not narrow enough for two
friends, but the world in not wide enough for two enemies."
Ibid., fol. 14, col. 1.
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me"
(Ps. li. 10). Know thou that the heart is the source of life, and is
placed in the centre of the body as the Holy of holies, as stated in the
Book Zohar, is the central part of the world. Therefore one must have
his heart cleansed from evil and all evil thoughts, otherwise he
introduces an idol into the innermost part of the Temple, which ought to
be a dwelling-place for the Shechinah. (See 1 Cor. iii, 16, 17, and vi.
19.)
_Kitzur Sh'lh_, fol. 14, col. 2.
He who gazes even on the little finger of a woman is as if he looked on
her to lust after her. He should not give ear to a woman's voice, for
the voice of a woman is lewdness.
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