Expressions (A–Z)
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B
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By the sweat of his brow
See: 'Sweat of the Palms.'
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E
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Eat bread of kindness
Figuratively: lives at someone else’s expense; supported by another person’s wor...
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eat out of someone's hand
Earned a living and found his livelihood with someone...
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I
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If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour
Material subsistence is a necessary condition for study, and study is a necessar...
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N
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No person touches what is prepared for his fellow, even by the width of a hair
A person cannot take from what Divine Providence has designated for his fellow....
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S
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See: “סָמוּךְ עַל שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שֶׁל...” (“Dependent on someone’s table”)
See: “Dependent on someone’s table.”
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T
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To encroach on a fellow's trade/ to trespass upon someone's occupation/ to compete with
To compete in a friend's business in an unfair way. To work in the same professi...
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Y
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You shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you/ when you eat the labour of your hands, you be happy and it shall be well with you/"How good it is to live on one's own labour !
A saying praising a person's ability to earn a living independently, without nee...
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