The tearing down of the old is building, the building of the young is tearing down

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The tearing down of the old is building, the building of the young is tearing down

The tearing down of the old is building, the building of the young is tearing down

The inexperienced young wish to build, yet they destroy what exists and cause damage. The experienced elders, when they destroy something, do so to create something new and good. Praise is given to the wisdom of the elders and the experienced. Or: the young choose to do good by tearing down what seems bad to them, while the elders combat evil by adding good. The act of building itself inherently destroys what needs to be destroyed (see also: “The pure righteous do not complain about evil but add righteousness”).

(“If the young tell you to build, and the elders to destroy, listen to the elders and do not listen to the young, for the building of the young is tearing down, and the tearing down of the elders is building” – Nedarim 40a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּנְיָן יְלָדִים סְתִירָה וּסְתִירַת זְקֵנִים בִּנְיָן

Definition (Hebrew)

הַצְּעִירִים חַסְרֵי הַנִּסָּיוֹן רוֹצִים לִבְנוֹת אַךְ הוֹרְסִים אֶת הַקַּיָּם וְגוֹרְמִים לְנֶזֶק. הַמְּבֻגָּרִים בַּעֲלֵי הַנִּסָּיוֹן כְּשֶׁהֵם הוֹרְסִים מַשֶּׁהוּ זֶה לְצֹרֶךְ בְּנִיַּת מַשֶּׁהוּ חָדָשׁ וְטוֹב. פִּתְגָּם בְּשֶׁבַח חָכְמַת הַזְּקֵנִים וּבַעֲלֵי הַנִּסָּיוֹן. אוֹ: הַצְּעִירִים בּוֹחֲרִים לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹב ע"י הֲרִיסַת דָּבָר שֶׁרַע שֶׁבְּעֵינֵיהֶם, אַךְ הַזְּקֵנִים נִלְחָמִים בְּרַע ע"י הוֹסָפַת דְּבָרִים טוֹבִים. הַבְּנִיָּה עַצְמָהּ הוֹרֶסֶת כְּבָר מִמֵּילָא אֶת הַטָּעוּן הֲרִיסָה (רְאֵה גַּם: "הַצַּדִּיקִים הַטְּהוֹרִים אֵינָם קוֹבְלִים עַל הָרִשְׁעָה אֶלָּא מוֹסִיפִים צֶדֶק").

("אִם יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ יְלָדִים בְּנֵה, וּזְקֵנִים- סָתוּר, שְׁמַע לַזְּקֵנִים וְאַל תִּשְׁמַע לַיְּלָדִים, שֶׁבִּנְיַן יְלָדִים סְתִירָה וּסְתִירַת זְקֵנִים בִּנְיָן"-נְדָרִים מ ע"א )

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