Age of Understanding

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Age of Understanding

Age of Understanding

The age of forty.

("Fifty years old for Scripture, ten for Mishnah, thirteen for commandments, fifteen for Talmud, eighteen for marriage, twenty for pursuit, thirty for strength, forty for understanding, fifty for counsel, sixty for old age, seventy for gray hair, eighty for might, ninety for speech, one hundred as if dead, passed away and ceased from the world" – Avot 6:21)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גִּיל בִּינָה

Definition (Hebrew)

גִּיל אַרְבָּעִים.

("בֶּן חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים לַמִּקְרָא, בֶּן עָשָׂר לַמִּשְׁנָה,בֶּן שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה לַמִּצְוֹת, בֶּן חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה לַתַּלְמוּד, בֶּן שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה לַחֻפָּה, בֶּן עֶשְׂרִים לִרְדֹּף, בֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים לְכֹחַ, בֶּן אַרְבָּעִים לְבֵינָהּ, בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים לְעֵצָה, בֶּן שִׁשִּׁים לַזְּקֵנָה, בֶּן שִׁבְעִים לְשֵׂיבָה, בֶּן שְׁמוֹנִים לִגְבוּרָה, בֶּן תִּשְׁעִים לָשׂוּחַ, בֶּן מֵאָה כְּאִלּוּ מֵת וְעָבַר וּבָטֵל מִן הָעוֹלָם"- אָבוֹת ה כא)

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