Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, Search not into that which is concealed from you! mysteries of theosophy.

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Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, Search not into that which is concealed from you! mysteries of theosophy.

Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, Search not into that which is concealed from you! mysteries of theosophy.

Figuratively: Do not involve yourself in matters that are wondrous or impossible to understand.

(“For it is written in the Book of Ben Sira: Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, and do not investigate that which is concealed from you; contemplate what you are permitted, you have no business with hidden matters” – Ḥagigah 13a; and likewise: “From where does he live, and how does he live, and from where does he take his sustenance? … Why should you inquire into that which is beyond you?” – Sholem Aleichem / The Pot, p. 129; and likewise: “He found a sufficient explanation and was content; if he did not find one, he fulfilled upon himself the verse written in Ben Sira, brought in the Talmud: Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, and do not investigate that which is concealed from you” – Agnon / A City and Its Fullness, p. 100)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּמֻּפְלָא מִמְּךָ אַל תִּדְרֹשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אַל תִּתְעַסֵּק בִּדְבָרִים מֻפְלָאִים אוֹ בִּלְתִּי נִתָּנִים לַהֲבָנָה.

("שֶׁכֵּן כָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר בֶּן סִירָא: בַּמֻּפְלָא מִמְּךָ אַל תִּדְרוֹשׁ וּבַמְכֻסֶּה מִמְּךָ אַל תַּחְקֹר, בְּמָה שֶׁהֻרְשֵׁיתָ הִתְבּוֹנֵן, אֵין לְךָ עֵסֶק בַּנִּסְתָּרוֹת"- חֲגִיגָה יג ע"א, וְכֵן: "מֵהֵיכָן הוּא חַי, וְכֵיצַד הוּא חַי, וּמֵאַיִן הוּא לוֹקֵחַ לִמְחִיָּתוֹ?...לָמָּה לְךָ לִדְרֹשׁ בַּמֻּפְלָא מִמְּךָ?"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ הַקְּדֵרָה, קכט, וְכֵן: "מָצָא פֵּרוּשׁ מַסְפִּיק הָיָה שָׂמֵחַ, לֹא מָצָא, קִיֵּם בְּעַצְמוֹ מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב בְּבֶן סִירָא שֶׁהֵבִיאוּ בַּגְּמָרָא, בַּמֻּפְלָא מִמְּךָ אַל תִּדְרוֹשׁ וּבַמְכֻסֶּה מִמְּךָ אַל תַּחְקֹר"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 100)

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