Sefer HaMiddot, Peace/ספר המדות·שלום

1Lighting Shabbat candles promotes peace.

2By pursuing peace, a person will be rewarded with honor in this world and life in the World to Come.

3Anything that is done to foster peace does not fall into the category of “distance yourself from falsehood.”

4Getting others to give charity increases the peace of the government.

5Pursuing peace brings to trust in God.

6Truth brings to peace.

7The rebuilding of Jerusalem is dependent upon peace.

8Peace brings good tidings.

9Where there is reproof, there is peace.

10Teaching schoolchildren increases peace.

11Murky waters are a sign that there is no peace.

12When there is no peace, people’s prayers are not accepted.

13Through peace, people merit a revelation of the prophet Elijah.

14When there is no peace, women do not give birth to sons.

15In a time when people are forced to flee their homes, a person who lends to others what they need will escape.

16The existence of peace indicates the existence of life.

17By pursuing peace a person saves his children from death and exile.

18Peace brings to blessing.

19When there is peace, there is no fear.

20When there is peace among the wicked, they have the best of everything.

21There are times when God uses the wicked as a means for fostering peace among the Jews.

22The existence of peace indicates the existence of prosperity.

23When the ministers on high quarrel, this same dispute immediately breaks out among the nations, and among Torah scholars.