Empty Words

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Empty Words

Empty Words

Empty words. Words without meaning or sense (The original source of the expression is Ecclesiastes 12:12: "And further, my son, be warned: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.").

("There are also kindly traits, but he did not trouble us with them; these are many empty words" - Responsa Chatam Sofer Part 5, omissions section 170)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּבְרֵי לַהַג

Definition (Hebrew)

דִּבְרֵי סְרָק. דְּבָרִים חַסְרֵי טַעַם (מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי בְּקֹהֶלֶת יב יב: "וְיֹתֵר מֵהֵמָּה בְּנִי הִזָּהֵר עֲשׂוֹת סְפָרִים הַרְבֵּה אֵין קֵץ וְלַהַג הַרְבֵּה יְגִעַת בָּשָׂר").

("וּמִדּוֹת חֲסַדּוֹת נָמֵי אִיכָּא אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא הִטְרִיחַ עָלֵינוּ בְּכָךְ אֵלּוּ דִּבְרֵי לַהַג הַרְבֵּה"- שׁוּ"ת חָתַם סוֹפֵר חֵלֶק ה, הַשְׁמָטוֹת סִימַן קצא)

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