Good manners are more important than study

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Good manners are more important than study

Good manners are more important than study

The important matter that precedes everything is to behave in a humane and proper manner.

(To observe the way (Genesis 3) – this is the way of the land (derekh eretz), teaching that derekh eretz precedes everything. The tree of life – there is no tree of life except the Torah, as it is said (Proverbs 3:18) 'She is a tree of life to those who grasp her' – Eliyahu Rabbah (Man of Peace), Parashah 1, and likewise: 'The tree of life is the Torah', teaching that derekh eretz precedes the Torah – Menachem Zion, Parashat Beshalach.)

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Expression (Hebrew)

דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ קָדְמָה לַתּוֹרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הַדָּבָר הֶחָשׁוּב שֶׁקֹּדֶם לַכֹּל הוּא לְהִתְנַהֵג בְּצוּרָה אֱנוֹשִׁית וַהֲגוּנָה.

("לִשְׁמֹר אֶת דֶּרֶךְ (בְּרֵאשִׁית ג)- זוֹ דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ קָדְמָה לַכֹּל. עֵץ הַחַיִּים- אֵין עֵץ חַיִּים אֶלָּא תּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר(מִשְׁלֵי ג יח) עֵץ חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ"- אֵלִיָּהוּ רַבָּה (אִישׁ שָׁלוֹם) פָּרָשָׁה א, וְכֵן:"עֵץ הַחַיִּים זוֹ תּוֹרָה, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ קָדְמָה לַתּוֹרָה"- מְנַחֵם צִיּוֹן, פָּרָשַׁת בְּשַׁלַּח)

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