Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Elazar ben Azariah, alt. spelling Eleazar
Rabbi, Mishnaic Scholar, Junior Contemporary of Gamaliel II, Colleague and Friend of Rabbi Akiva
"Respect one another."
"Without understanding, no knowledge; without knowledge, no understanding."
"Some of a man's praise may be sung in his presence, all of it in his absence."
"Laws are not invented; they grow out of circumstances."
"Where there is no money, there is no learning."
"Where there is no Torah, there is no derekh eretz/decent, cultured behavior; where there is no derekh eretz, there is no Torah. Where there is no wisdom, there is no fear/reverence of God; where there is no fear/reverence of God, there is no wisdom. Where there is no understanding, there is no knowledge; where there is no knowledge, there is no understanding. Where there is no kemah/meal/flour, there is no Torah; where there is no Torah, there is no kemah/meal/flour"