I belong to the tribe of Levi.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.

Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.

I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.

On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you things somehow get clearer.