Take heed of the poor, for guidance comes from them
Be careful not to despise the children of the poor. Be careful to educate the children of the poor and those who lack ability, for they have the ability to increase Torah and increase wisdom.
("Beware of the old man who has forgotten his Talmud from the heat of his passion, and beware of the sons of the people of the land from whom the Torah will come forth" - Sanhedrin Tzo a"a, and so: "Beware of the sons of the poor from whom the Torah will come forth, of whom it was said (words like a pitcher) water will flow from its buckets" - Nedarim Pa a"a, and so: "Beware of the sons of the poor - to beg To teach them Torah, from whom Torah will come - that they have no other business, and yet, that you know that they are inferior to them" - Rashi Ein Yaakov Nedarim Fa A"a, and so: "And these Pharisees shone among the people of the land... It was found that among the people of the land they were precious souls, but that they were like birds caught in a net... When we see that they are disciples of "Sages, knowing that they have a precious soul" - R. Nachman of Breslau/ Likutei Moharan, Torah 37, 7, and so on: "Even the heads of the yeshivot, on whose knees the sons of the poor, from whom the Torah will come forth, even they eat the fruits of their deeds in the island of Alma" - Berdichevski/ Ketavim, 2, 141, and so on: "Even a company "There is one of the Torah in the city...who pays teachers to the children of the poor, from whom the Torah will come forth" - Agnon/ The City and Its Fullness, 528)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִזָּהֲרוּ בִּבְנֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה, הִזָּהֲרוּ בִּבְנִי עֲנִיִּים שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה
Definition (Hebrew)
הִזָּהֲרוּ שֶׁלֹּא לְזַלְזֵל בִּבְנֵי הָעֲנִיִּים. הִקְפִּידוּ עַל חִנּוּכָם שֶׁל בְּנֵי הָעֲנִיִּים וְחַסְרֵי הַיְּכֹלֶת כִּי יֵשׁ לָהֶם אֶת הַיְּכֹלֶת לְהַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וּלְהוֹסִיף חָכְמָה.
("הִזָּהֲרוּ בְּזָקֵן שֶׁשָּׁכַח תַּלְמוּדוֹ מֵחֲמַת אָנְסוֹ,וְהִזָּהֲרוּ בִּבְנֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה"- סַנְהֶדְרִין צַו ע"א, וְכֵן:"הִזָּהֲרוּ בִּבְנֵי עֲנִיִּים שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דְּבָרִים כַּד) יִזַּל מַיִם מִדָּלְיָו"- נְדָרִים פא ע"א, וְכֵן:"הִזָּהֲרוּ בִּבְנֵי עֲנִיִּים- לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל לְלַמְּדָם תּוֹרָה,שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה- שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם עֵסֶק אַחֵר, וְעוֹד, שֶׁדַּעְתָּם שְׁפָלָה עֲלֵיהֶם"- רָשִׁ"י עֵין יַעֲקֹב נְדָרִים פא ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְזֶהוּ פֵּרוּשׁ הִזָּהֲרוּ בִּבְנֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ...נִמְצָא שֶׁבְּנֵי עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ הֵם נְפָשׁוֹת יְקָרוֹת, אֶלָּא שֶׁהֵם כְּצִפּוֹרִים הָאֲחֻזּוֹת בְּפַח... כְּשֶׁאָנוּ רוֹאִים שֶׁהֵם תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה ל"ז, ז', וְכֵן:"גַּם רָאשֵׁי הַיְּשִׁיבוֹת אֲשֶׁר עַל בִּרְכֵּיהֶם מִתְגַּדְּלִים אוֹתָם בְּנֵי הָעֲנִיִּים שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה, גַּם הֵם אוֹכְלִים פֵּרוֹת מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם בְּהַאי עָלְמָא"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 141, וְכֵן:"עוֹד חֲבוּרָה אַחַת שֶׁל תּוֹרָה יֵשׁ בָּעִיר...שֶׁמְּשַׁלְּמִים לַמְּלַמְּדִים לִבְנֵי עֲנִיִּים שֶׁמֵּהֶם תֵּצֵא תּוֹרָה"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 528)