Without study of Law there is no seemliness

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Without study of Law there is no seemliness

Without study of Law there is no seemliness

Without Torah or study, a person cannot conduct themselves with proper manners (Derech Eretz means commerce, worldly customs, and also manners).

("Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah says: If there is no Torah, there is no Derech Eretz, if there is no Derech Eretz, there is no Torah... If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour"—Avot 3:17; also: "No Derech Eretz—no proper conduct in dealings with people"—R' Ovadiah of Bartenura there)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אִם אֵין תּוֹרָה אֵין דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּלֹא תּוֹרָה אוֹ לִמּוּד אֵין אָדָם יָכוֹל לְהִתְנַהֵל בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ (דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מַשְׁמָע מִסְחָר, מִנְהֲגֵי עוֹלָם וְגַם נִימוּסִים).

("רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר:אִם אֵין תּוֹרָה אֵין דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, אִם אֵין דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ אֵין תּוֹרָה...אִם אֵין קֶמַח אֵין תּוֹרָה אִם אֵין תּוֹרָה אֵין קֶמַח"- אָבוֹת ג יז, וְכֵן:"אֵין דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ- אֵין מַשָּׂאוֹ וּמַתְנוּ יָפֶה עִם הַבְּרִיּוֹת"-ר' עוֹבַדְיָה מִבַּרְטֵנוּרָה שָׁם)

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