Babylonian Talmud Chagigah 12b
תלמוד בבלי מסכת חגיגה דף יב עמוד ב
רבי אלעזר בן שמוע אומר: על עמוד אחד, וצדיק שמו
R. Elazar b. Shamua said: The world rests on a single pillar – righteousness. [Translation by Areyvut]

Suggested Discussion Questions:

1. What does it mean for the world to rest on a pillar? What happens to the world if that pillar is compromised?

2. Why is righteousness the pillar that supports the world?

Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)