דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, מִדַּת דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Good manners/ respecfulness/ occupation

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Good manners and conduct. The ways of life and customs prevailing in the world. Or: occupation or trade.

(Rabban Gamliel son of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: 'Beautiful is the study of Torah together with Derekh Eretz, for the exertion of both causes one to forget sin. And all Torah that is not accompanied by work ends in vain and leads to sin' - Avot 2:2. Similarly: 'And the commentators explained “Derekh Eretz” to mean good traits and contributions, and ethics, for if one lacks Derekh Eretz of good traits, there is no Torah...because the spirit of the creatures does not rest from it' - Rabbi Ovadia Yosef / Anaf Etz Avot, soft. And also: 'And the skull was thrown without any Derekh Eretz by the hand of a coarse gravedigger into the pit' - Y.L. Peretz / Lowly Eyes, Tsav. And also: 'It is not the attribute of Derekh Eretz, she says, that the groom enters his wedding canopy without a clock' - Shalom Aleichem / The wedding day of my brother Eliyahu, 47. And also: 'May he not gaze too long upon them, the blows of setting heart according to the attribute of Derekh Eretz' - BeYalik / Lists as a hand after, distorted cannot be corrected, Rina.)