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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

Abraham Cahan

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

Abraham Cahan

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

Abraham Cahan

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

Abraham Cahan

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

Abraham Cahan

If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.

Abraham Cahan

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.

Abraham Cahan

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

Abraham Cahan

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

Abraham Cahan

Abraham Cahan

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Born: July 7, 1860

Died: August 31, 1951 (aged 91)

Bio: Abraham "Abe" Cahan was a Belarusian-born Jewish-American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician.

Known for:

The Rise of David Levinsky (1917)
Yekl A Tale Of The New York (1896)
The white terror and the red (1905)
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