A fool returns to the path of folly (חָזַר שׁוֹטֶה לְדֶרֶךְ שְׁטוּת, הָדָר שָׁטְיָא לְאֹורַח שָׁטוֹתֶיהָ)
A fool returns to the path of folly (חָזַר שׁוֹטֶה לְדֶרֶךְ שְׁטוּת, הָדָר שָׁטְיָא לְאֹורַח שָׁטוֹתֶיהָ)

A fool returns to the path of folly

A fool tends to go back to irrational, foolish behavior. "If a person is foolish, it lasts a long time."

("Like a dog that returns to its vomit" (Proverbs 26) — Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: "A fool returns to the path of his folly," as the Midrash states: "A fool repeats his foolishness" — Vayikra Rabbah (Margoliot), Metzora, section 16)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָזַר שׁוֹטֶה לְדֶרֶךְ שְׁטוּת, הָדָר שָׁטְיָא לְאֹורַח שָׁטוֹתֶיהָ

Definition (Hebrew)

דַּרְכּוֹ שֶׁל הַשּׁוֹטֶה לַחֲזֹור וּלְהִתְנַהֵג בְּצוּרָה חַסְרַת הִגָּיוֹן. "אִם אָדָם טִפֵּשׁ-זֶה לְהַרְבֵּה זְמַן".

("כֶּלֶב שָׁב עַל קִיאוֹ וְגוֹ' (מִשְׁלֵי כו)- ר' יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי אָמַר: הָדָר שָׁטְיָא לְאוֹרֵחַ שָׁטוֹתֶיהָ, הַמָּדָ"א כְּסִיל שׁוֹנֶה בְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ"- וַיִּקְרָא רַבָּה (מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת) פָּרָשַׁת מְצֹרָע פָּרָשָׁה טז)

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