Values in Harmony - University of St Andrews

Seeing, on a dark night, a blind man carrying a torch, I asked him why he carried it. He replied“so long as the torch is in my hand, people see me and save me from pits and thorns”.Talmud, MegillahHe who occupies himself with the needs of the community is as though he occupies himselfwith Torah.Talmud, BerachotA man should always be in the habit of saying “whatever Gd did was for the best.”Talmud, BerachotFor everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under the heavens:A time to be born and a time to die;a time to planta time to pluck out that which is planted;a time to kill and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up;a time to weep and a time to laugh;a time to mourn and a time to dance;a time to cast stones away and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;a time to get and a time to lose;a time to keep and a time to discard;a time to rend and a time to sew;a time to be silent and a time to speak;a time to love and a time to hate;a time of war and a time of peace.Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Whoever saves one life, it is as if he had saved the entire world.Talmud, Sanhedrin 37aDo not withhold good from its rightful recipient when you have the power to do it. Do not tellyour neighbour “leave and come back – tomorrow I will give it to you”, when you already haveit to give.Proverbs 3:27-28The whole world is a narrow bridge; the important thing is not to be afraid.Rabbi Nachman of BratslavThe world is enabled to continue on account of three things: justice, truth, and peace.Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel: Pirke Avot 1:18CONTACTSCOTTISH COUNCIL OF JEWISH COMMUNITIESJewish Community Centre,222, Fenwick Road,Giffnock,Glasgow G46 6UE.0141 577 8248j-scot@j-scot.orgwww.j-scot.org.uk66