LEV272 "Holy shall you be" -- separate shall you be [from illicit relations]; "for holy am I" -- If you sanctify yourselves, I shall consider it as if you had sanctified Me (Torath Cohanim).

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LEV298 The Rabbis taught: It is written: "A man, his mother and his father, you shall fear," and (Deuteronomy 6:13): "The Lord your God you shall fear." From here it is derived that the Torah likens the fear of father and mother to the fear of the Lord (Kiddushin 30b).

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LEV299 The Rabbis taught: What is "fear"? Not to stand in his place, not to sit in his place, not to contradict his words, and not to override his words (Kiddushin 31a)

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LEV303 The Rabbis taught: Whence is it derived that if one's father told him: Become unclean [in the event of his becoming a priest] or: Do not return a lost object -- Whence is it derived that the son is not to heed the father? From: "A man, his mother and his father, you shall fear, and My Sabbaths you shall keep" -- you are all obligated to honor Me (Bava Metzia 32a)

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LEV315 The Rabbis taught: One is not permitted to gaze at an image, it being written: "Do not turn to the idols." What does this signify? R. Chanan said: Do not turn to the creations of your imagination (Shabbath 149a).

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LEV319 What is the intent of "you shall not gather"? You shall not gather it for the poor man (Gittin 12a)

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LEV322 It was taught: The owners have no donor's rights in Peah [i.e., they cannot give it to the poor man of their choice]. Why so? "Leaving" is written in that regard (Chullin 131b)

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LEV325 "To the poor man and to the stranger," and not to ravens and bats [i.e., he must not leave them to be scavenged if there are no poor men or strangers to take them] (Chullin 134b)

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LEV326 It was taught: Two berries constitute "fallen fruit"; three do not. Two stalks constitute "gleaning"; three do not. Whence is this derived? From: "To the poor man and to the stranger you shall leave them": "To the poor man" -- one; "and to the stranger" - one (Yerushalmi Peah 6:1).

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LEV340 Rava said: Why does Scripture states: "Do not steal"? [Derived it (the prohibition against taking another's property) from the interdiction of usury and of cheating.] [We are being taught] "Do not steal" [even if only] to taunt [i.e., with the intention of returning the stolen object]; "Do not steal" [even if] to increase the liability of kefel [paying double in order to benefit the other!] (Bava Metzia 61b)

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