Be swift (to do service) to a superior and kindly to the young!

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Be swift (to do service) to a superior and kindly to the young!

Be swift (to do service) to a superior and kindly to the young!

A person should be gentle towards honorable people and kind (not harsh) towards young people.

("Rabbi Yishmael Omer says, "It is easy for the head and easy to shave, and it is easy for the head to receive all people with joy" - Avot 3:12, and so: "It is easy for the head - in front of a great old man who sits at the head of the assembly, it is easy to do his work and serve before him. And it is easy to shave - for a man who is a man whose hair is black, you do not need to shave yourself all that much, but "Stand before Him in peace and in the wilderness" - Rabbi Obadiah of Bartonura, Masekhet Avot, Chapter 3, 12)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֱוֵי קַל לָרֹאשׁ וְנוֹחַ לַתִּשְׁחֹרֶת

Definition (Hebrew)

עַל הָאָדָם לִהְיוֹת עָנוּ כְּלַפֵּי אֲנָשִׁים מכובדים ונחמד (לֹא נוקשה) כְּלַפֵּי בְּנֵי הַנֹּעַר.

("רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר הֱוֵי קַל לְרֹאשׁ וְנוֹחַ לְתִשְׁחֹרֶת, וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּשִׂמְחָה"- אָבוֹת ג יב, וְכֵן:"הֱוֵי קַל לְרֹאשׁ- לִפְנֵי אָדָם גָּדוֹל זָקֵן ויושב בָּרֹאשׁ בַּיְּשִׁיבָה, הֱוֵי קַל לַעֲבֹד עבודתו ולשמש לְפָנָיו. וְנוֹחַ לְתִשְׁחֹרֶת- לְאָדָם בָּחוּר ששערותיו שְׁחֹרוֹת אֵינְךָ צָרִיךְ לְהָקֵל עַצְמְךָ כָּל כָּךְ, אֶלָּא תַּעֲמֹד לְפָנָיו בְּנַחַת ובישוב"- ר' עוֹבַדְיָה מברטנורא מַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת פֶּרֶק ג יב)

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