Expressions (A–Z)
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After Poverty Comes Humility
See: "After poverty comes humility."
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All of a poor man’s days are bad.
A poor man lives a hard life.
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B
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Be very poor/ to embrace dunghills
He was extremely poor. Lacking everything, he rummaged through the refuse. "He l...
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Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of strife/ better a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife
Preferable are a poor life that includes tranquility to a wealthy life full of q...
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C
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Climbing on its own leaves
See: "He did not dare to raise his hand above the poverty of his lips."
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D
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Do not love sleep, lest you become poor
A proverb warning against laziness (expressed by unnecessary sleep), which ultim...
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Dressed in rags
Dressed in tattered or even dirty clothes (sachavot meaning rags, scraps, or clo...
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He cannot afford to
He does not have the financial means to obtain (like an arm that cannot reach).
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He who keeps the Torah out of poverty will end up keeping it out of wealth.
See: "Everyone who keeps the Torah out of poverty will end up fulfilling it out...
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His days of affliction and misery
The days of the severe hardship and poverty he experienced.
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