Two starlings cannot sleep on one ledge

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Two starlings cannot sleep on one ledge

Two starlings cannot sleep on one ledge

By extension: quarrelsome people who like to argue cannot live together or do things together (daf means a board or plank).

(He said to him: 'Two starlings do not sleep on one ledge: do not [go to] Esau your brother, even though he is Esau your brother.' – Genesis Rabbah 75:4)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין שְׁנֵי זַרְזִירִים יְשֵׁנִים עַל דַּף אֶחָד

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אַנְשֵׁי מָדוֹן שֶׁאוֹהֲבִים לָרִיב אֵינָם יְכוֹלִים לָגוּר יַחַד אוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת דְּבָרִים יַחַד (דַּף מַשְׁמָע לוּחַ אוֹ קֶרֶשׁ).

("אָמַר לוֹ:אֵין שֵׁנִי זַרְזִירִים יְשֵׁנִים עַל דַּף אֶחָד,אֶל עֵשָׂו אָחִיךָ, אע"פ שֶׁהוּא עֵשָׂו אָחִיו"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה עה ד)

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