Words of Torah are poor in their place and rich in another place

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Words of Torah are poor in their place and rich in another place

Words of Torah are poor in their place and rich in another place

Sometimes the Torah deals with the same subject in two different places, yet only in one of them does it elaborate the details of the matter, while in the other it abbreviates. By analogy: one can never know when and where the importance of acquired knowledge will be revealed.

(It is taught in the name of Rabbi Nehemiah: 'A merchant’s ships bring bread from afar' (Proverbs 30:14) — Words of Torah are poor in their place and rich in another place — Jerusalem Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 3, H)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה עֲנִיִּים בִּמְקוֹמָן וַעֲשִׁירִים בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר

Definition (Hebrew)

לִפְעָמִים הַתּוֹרָה עוֹסֶקֶת בְּאוֹתוֹ נוֹשֵׂא בִּשְׁנֵי מְקוֹמוֹת שׁוֹנִים אַךְ רַק בְּאֶחָד מֵהֶם הִיא מְפָרֶטֶת אֶת פְּרָטֵי הָעִנְיָן וּבַשֵּׁנִי מְצַמְצֶמֶת. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: לְעוֹלָם אֵין לָדַעַת מָתַי וְהֵיכָן תִּתְגַּלֶּה חֲשִׁיבוּתוֹ שֶׁל יֶדַע שֶׁנִּרְכַּשׁ.

("תְּנִי בְּשֵׁם ר' נְחֶמְיָה:הָיְתָה כָּאֳנִיּוֹת סוֹחֵר מִמֶּרְחָק תָּבִיא לַחְמָהּ (מִשְׁלֵי לֹא יָד)- דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה עֲנִיִּים בִּמְקוֹמָן וַעֲשִׁירִים בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר "- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה ג, ה)

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