Better to be the head of a fox (dog) than the tail of a lion

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Better to be the head of a fox (dog) than the tail of a lion

Better to be the head of a fox (dog) than the tail of a lion

He was tempted to make an effort to stand at the head of a group instead of following behind. See also: "Be the tail to the lions and do not be the head to the foxes."

("Three verses of the disciples of the sages, cf. - Rabbi Ba bar Yesa in the name of Rabbi Yochanan said: Here is a witness, and he said to Helen, "A witness, I will give her a great one from Matnit." Matnit said: "He is a tail for lions and no head for foxes." Matla said: "He is a head for foxes and no tail for lions." Ditinan, his name is called "Smoch Samchen" from the beginning." - Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 4:8, etc.: "There is a head for foxes/ and a head for lions/ You must decide/ which head to be/ There is a head that has no heart/ This is the head that is wretched/ And for us, what fun/ There is only the head of a cherub" - Talma Eligon-Rose/ Cherub Head)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֱוֵי רֹאשׁ לַשּׁוּעָלִים וְלֹא זָנָב לָאֲרָיוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לְהִתְאַמֵּץ לַעֲמֹד בְּרֹאשׁ קְבוּצָה בִּמְקוֹם לְהִזְדַּנֵּב מֵאָחוֹר. רְאֵה גַּם: "הֱוֵי זָנָב לָאֲרָיוֹת וְאַל תְּהִי רֹאשׁ לַשּׁוּעָלִים".

("שָׁלֹשׁ שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים כו'- רַבִּי בָּא בַּר יֵסָא בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן נֶאֱמַר כָּאן עֵדָה וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן עֵדָה, מֵיתִי לָהּ רַב מִמָּתְנִית' מַתְנִיתָא אָמַר' הוֹי זָנָב לָאֲרָיוֹת וְלֹא רֹאשׁ לְשׁוּעָלִים מִתָּלָא אָמַר הֱוֵי רֹאשׁ לַשּׁוּעָלִים וְלֹא זָנָב לָאֲרָיוֹת דִּתְנִינָן צָרְכּוֹ לִסְמֹךְ סָמְכֵן מֵרִאשׁוֹנָה"- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי סַנְהֶדְרִין ד, ח, וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ רֹאשׁ לְשׁוּעָלִים/ וְרֹאשׁ לָאֲרָיוֹת/ עָלֶיךָ לְהַחְלִיט/ בְּאֵיזֶה רֹאשׁ לִהְיוֹת/ יֵשׁ רֹאשׁ שֶׁאֵין לוֹ לֵב/ זֶה הָרֹאשׁ הֲכִי עָלוּב/ וְלָנוּ,אֵיזֶה כֵּיף/יֵשׁ רַק רֹאשׁ שֶׁל כְּרוּב"- תַּלְמָה אַלְיָגוֹן-רוֹז/ רֹאשׁ כְּרוּב)

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