"When you bury me, put shoes on my feet, and give me a staff in my hand, and lay me on one side, that when the Messiah comes I may be ready." quote by Rabbi Jerekiah.
Rabbi Abbu says, "A day of rain is greater than the resurrection of the dead; because the rain is for all, while the ressurrection is only for the just. 'Sodom and Gomorrah shall not rise in the resurrection of the dead.'"
"The patriarchs so vehemently desired to be buried in the land of Isreal, because those who are dead in that land shall be first to revive and shall devour his years, (the years of the Messiah.) But for those just who are interred beyond the holy land, it is to be understood that God will make passage in the earth, through which they will be rolled until they reach the land of Isreal."quote by Rabrichebeo.
"Carefulness leads us to innocence, innocence to purity, purity to sanctity, sanctity to humility, humility to fear of sins, fear of sins to piety, piety to the holy spirit, the holy spirit to the ressurection of the dead; the resurrection of the dead to the prophet Elias." quote by Rabbi Pinchas.
"The very nerves and sinews of religion is hope of Immortality. The destruction of such high powers is something which can never, and under no circumstances, even come into question."quote by Goethe.
