Top 12 Quotes by Rabbi Akiva

If a rock, though extremely hard, can be hollowed out by water, how much more so should it be possible for The Light, which is compared to water, to change my heart. I will begin to study it, and try to become a scholar

If a rock, though extremely hard, can be hollowed out by water, how much more so should it be possible for The Light, which is compared to water, to change my heart. I will begin to study it, and try to become a scholar of The Light.

Rabbi Akiva

Heart, Light, Rocks

Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted.

Rabbi Akiva

Choices, Granted, Freedom Of Choice

A fence to wisdom is silence.

Rabbi Akiva

Silence, Fence

Pirkei Avot, 3:17,

The paper burns, but the words fly away.

Rabbi Akiva

Love, Life, Relationship

In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.

Rabbi Akiva

Spiders, Ships, Sin

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

Rabbi Akiva

Wisdom, Men, Hands

Before you taste anything, recite a blessing.

Rabbi Akiva

Blessing, Taste

He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image.

Rabbi Akiva

Divine, Remains, Unmarried

Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God. Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God. Beloved are Israel, for unto them was given the desirable Torah

Rabbi Akiva

Children, Men, Israel