The Pains of Poverty / Pedantry/ excessive show of precision

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The Pains of Poverty / Pedantry/ excessive show of precision

The Pains of Poverty / Pedantry/ excessive show of precision

The pains of poverty or destitution. Or: strictness regarding a small monetary expenditure. By analogy: strictness over matters of little value. A precision dispersed in details. Pedantry (possibly the source in the expression 'dikdukei aniyut' which means the torments of poverty or afflictions from poverty).

("The Rabbis taught: Three things cause a person to lose his mind and the mind of his Creator; these are: idolaters, an evil spirit, and the pains of poverty" - Eruvin 45b, and also: "The account leads to examination and investigation, to criticism and nitpicking, to the pains of poverty... and who needs all these" - Byalik / Hamanoach Levinsky, and also: "A perfectly righteous person - was drawn to her and sighed. Added to this, a precise poor man, almost a poor man considered as dead, merciful is the Merciful One to his shadow" - H. Hazaz / Shlulit Genuza, 128)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּקְדּוּקֵי עֲנִיּוּת

Definition (Hebrew)

יִסּוּרֵי עֹנִי אוֹ דַּלּוּת. אוֹ: הַהַקְפָּדוֹת עַל הוֹצָאָה כַּסְפִּית קְטַנָּה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַקְפָּדוֹת עַל דְּבָרִים פְּעוּטֵי עֵרֶךְ. דִּיּוּק מֻפְרָז בַּפְּרָטִים. פֵּדַנְטִיּוּת (יִתָּכֵן וְהַמָּקוֹר בַּבִּטּוּי 'דִּכְדוּכֵי עֲנִיּוּת' שֶׁמִּשְׁמָעוֹ עִנּוּיֵי עֹנִי אוֹ דִּכְאוֹנוֹת מֵעֹנִי).

("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן: שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים מַעֲבִירִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל דַּעְתּוֹ וְעַל דַּעַת קוֹנוֹ, אֵלּוּ הֵן: עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים, וְרוּחַ רָעָה, וְדִקְדּוּקֵי עֲנִיּוּת"- עֵרוּבִין מָא ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן מֵבִיא לִידֵי בְּדִיקָה וַחֲקִירָה, לִידֵי נִקּוּר וְחִטּוּט, לִידֵי דִּקְדּוּקֵי עֲנִיּוּת...וּלְמִי יֵשׁ צֹרֶךְ בְּכָל אֵלּוּ"- בְּיָאלִיק / הַמָּנוֹחַ לֵוִינְסְקִי, וְכֵן:"צַדִּיק גָּמוּר- מָשַׁךְ אֵלֶיהָ וְנֶאֱנַח. מְצֹרָף לְזֶה עָנִי מְדֻקְדָּק, כִּמְעַט עָנִי חָשׁוּב כְּמֵת, רַחֲמָנָא לִצְּלַן"-ח.הָזָז/ שְׁלוּלִית גְּנוּזָה, 128)

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