Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Judah ben Asher
German Talmudist and Rabbi of Toledo, Spain, brother of Jacob ben Asher
"Guard against heavy meals: more heinous than homicide is suicide."
"Man is not the master of what he has, but only its guardian."
"I have not yet seen the man in whom I did not discover some merit I do not possess and for which I feel bound to do him honor... I am required to honor everyone I meet."