13.  There will be a revival of the dead, etc.

Kitzur Sh’th, fol. 7, col. 2.

Let a man believe that whatever occurs to him is from the Blessed One!  For instance, when a wicked man meets him and abuses him, and puts him to shame, let him receive it with love, and say, “The Lord told him to curse, and he is the messenger of God on account of my sin.”

Ibid., fol. 8, col. 1.

In every deed or transaction a man performs by his own free will, be it a matter of precept or of option, let the name of God be ready in his mouth.  If, for instance, he erects a building, or buys a vessel, or makes a new garment, let him say with his mouth and utter with his lips, “This thing I do, for (the honor of) the union of the Shechinah with the Holy One—­blessed be He!”

Ibid.

    Bismillahi Arrahmani Arraheemi, “In the name of God, most
    merciful and compassionate,” is the motto of every work
    undertaken by a Mohammedan.

A man should always desire that his neighbor may profit by him, and let him not strive to profit by his neighbor.  Let his words be pleasant with the children of men if they shame him, and let him not shame them in return.  If they deceive him, let him not deceive them in return, and let him take the yoke of the public upon his shoulders, and not impose it heavily on them in return.

Ibid.

If—­which God forbid!—­thy neighbor has done thee an evil, pardon him at once; for thou shouldst love him as thyself.  If one hand is accidentally hurt by the other, should the wounded hand revenge its injury on the other?  And, as urged before, thou shouldst rather say in thine heart, “It is from the Lord that it came to thee; it came as a messenger from the Holy One—­blessed be He!—­as a punishment for some sin.”

Kitzur Sh’lh, fol. 9. col. 2.

A sage who was very sorrowful was once comforted thus:  “If thy sorrow relates to this world, may God decrease it; but if it relates to the world to come, may God increase it and add sorrow to sorrow.” (See 2 Cor. vii. 10.)

Ibid., fol. 10, col. 1.

A man should not wade through water or traverse any dangerous place in company with an apostate, or even a wicked Jew, lest he be overtaken (in the same ruin) with him. (Comp.  Eph. v. 7, 8; Rev. xviii. 4.)

Ibid., fol. 10, col. 2.

The influence of the son is relatively greater and more blessed than that of the father, for the merits of the father do not profit the son except in matters relating to this world (as by bequeathing him worldly inheritance); whereas the merits of the son do more than benefit the father in this world; they benefit him also in the world to come (by saying “Kadish"), which is enough to deliver his soul from purgatory.

Ibid., fol. 11, col. 2.

A common proverb says, “One father willingly maintains ten sons, but ten sons are not willing to support one father.”