Sharpen the mind, sharpen the brain (חִידֵּד אֶת הַשֵּׂכֶל, חִידֵּד אֶת הַמּוֹחַ)
Sharpen the mind, sharpen the brain (חִידֵּד אֶת הַשֵּׂכֶל, חִידֵּד אֶת הַמּוֹחַ)

Sharpen the mind, sharpen the brain

Developed the ability to think; made the thinking sharper or more precise.

("Two Torah scholars who sharpen one another in halakhah—the Holy One, blessed be He, grants them success" - Shabbat 63a, and also: "And whatever he teaches him from the wisdoms and the knowledge... the intention is to sharpen the intellect in him, and to exercise the intellectual faculty in the ways of proof" - Maimonides / Introduction to Avot, fifth chapter, 331)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חִידֵּד אֶת הַשֵּׂכֶל, חִידֵּד אֶת הַמּוֹחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

פִּיתֵּחַ אֶת יְכֹולֶת הַחֲשִׁיבָה. עֲשֵׂה אֶת הַמַּחְשָׁבָה חַדָּה אוֹ מְדֻיֶּקֶת.

("שְׁנֵי תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים הַמְחַדְּדִין זֶה לְזֶה בַּהֲלָכָה - הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצְלִיחַ לָהֶם"-שַׁבָּת סג ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְכָל מָה שֶׁיְּלַמְּדֵהוּ מִן הַחָכְמוֹת וְהַיְּדִיעוֹת...תִּהְיֶה הַכַּוָּנָה בּוֹ חִדּוּד הַשֵּׂכֶל, וְהֶרְגֵּל הַכֹּחַ הַשִּׂכְלִי בְּדַרְכֵי הַמּוֹפֵת"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ הַקְדָּמָה לְמַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת, הַפֶּרֶק הַחֲמִישִׁי,331)

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