Great scholar in the Low (the Torah) (גָּדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה)
Great scholar in the Low (the Torah) (גָּדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה)

Great scholar in the Low (the Torah)

well-versed in the Torah; a scholar with broad knowledge of the Torah

(“Fortunate is the one who grows in Torah, toils in Torah, and brings satisfaction to his Creator; who grows with a good name and departs with a good name from this world. About him Solomon said (Ecclesiastes 7): ‘A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death better than the day of birth.’” (Berachot 17a))

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גָּדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בָּקִי בַּתּוֹרָה. בַּעַל יְדִיעוֹת רְחָבוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה.

("אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁגָּדֵל בַּתּוֹרָה וַעֲמָלוֹ בַּתּוֹרָה וְעוֹשֶׂה נַחַת רוּחַ לְיוֹצְרוֹ, וְגָדֵל בְּשֵׁם טוֹב וְנִפְטָר בְּשֵׁם טוֹב מִן הָעוֹלָם, וְעָלָיו אָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה (קֹהֶלֶת ז) טוֹב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טוֹב וְיוֹם הַמָּוֶת מִיּוֹם הִוָּלְדוֹ"- בְּרָכוֹת יז ע"א)

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