Woe to him who does not know how to distinguish between good and evil

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Woe to him who does not know how to distinguish between good and evil

Woe to him who does not know how to distinguish between good and evil

Pity the person who cannot tell right from wrong; the loss of moral judgment or common sense leads to suffering and error.

("Woe to the man who cannot tell good from bad" – Talmud, Sanhedrin 103a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹי לוֹ לָאָדָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַבְחִין בֵּין טוֹב לָרַע

Definition (Hebrew)

מִסְכֵּן הוּא הָאָדָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין דָּבָר טוֹב לְדָבָר רַע; אָבְדַן שִׁפּוּט מוּסָרִי אוֹ הַשֵּׂכֶל יָשָׁר מֵבִיא לְסֵבֶל וּלְחַיִּים שֶׁל טָעוּת.

("אָמַר רַב פַּפָּא: הָיִינוּ דְּאָמְרֵי אִינָשֵׁי – בִּכְיִי לֵהּ לְמַר דְּלָא יֶדַע, חַיְּכִי לְמַר דְּלָא יֶדַע, וִי לֵהּ לְמַר דְּלָא יֶדַע בֵּין טָב לְבִישׁ" – סַנְהֶדְרִין קג ע"א)

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