Be not afraid of the Pharisees but of the hypocrites

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Be not afraid of the Pharisees but of the hypocrites

Be not afraid of the Pharisees but of the hypocrites

One should fear only the hypocrites and liars, not those who speak the truth. (The Pharisees were a sect in the general public during the Second Temple period.)

("King Yannai said to his wife: Do not fear the Pharisees, nor those who are not Pharisees, but the hypocrites who resemble Pharisees, for their deeds are like Zimri's but they seek reward like Pinchas" – Sotah 22b)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אַל תִּירָא לֹא מִן הַפְּרוּשִׁים אֶלָּא מִן הַצְּבוּעִים

Definition (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ לְפַחֵד רַק מֵהַצְּבוּעִים וְהַשַּׁקְרָנִים וְלֹא מִמִּי שֶׁאוֹמֵר אֶת הָאֱמֶת (הַפְּרוּשִׁים הָיוּ סֶקְטוֹר בַּצִּבּוּר הַכְּלָלִי בִּתְקוּפַת הַבַּיִת הַשֵּׁנִי).

("אָמַר לָהּ יַנַּאי מַלְכָּא לְדַבִּיתִיָּה: אַל תִּתְיָרְאִי מִן הַפְּרוּשִׁין וְלֹא מִמִּי שֶׁאֵינָן פְּרוּשִׁין, אֶלָּא מִן הַצְּבוֹעִין שֶׁדּוֹמִין לִפְרוּשִׁין, שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂיהֶן כְּמַעֲשֶׂה זִמְרִי וּמְבַקְּשִׁין שָׂכָר כְּפִנְחָס"- סוֹטָה כב ע"ב)

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