If you have studied much Torah, do not credit yourself!

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If you have studied much Torah, do not credit yourself!

If you have studied much Torah, do not credit yourself!

Do not be smug or excessively self-assured if you have studied much. You have only done your duty, for learning and gaining knowledge are among a person's purposes, and there is no reason for pride on this account.

("Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai received from Hillel and Shammai. He used to say: If you have studied much Torah, do not credit yourself, for it is for this that you were created" - Avot 2:8)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אִם לָמַדְתָּ תּוֹרָה הַרְבֵּה אַל תַּחְזִיק טוֹבָה לְעַצְמְךָ

Definition (Hebrew)

אַל תִּהְיֶה בִּזְחִיחוּת דַּעַת אוֹ בְּבִטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי מֻפְרָז אִם לָמַדְתָּ הַרְבֵּה. עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַמֻּטָּל עָלֶיךָ, כִּי הַלִּמּוּד וְהַהַשְׂכָּלָה הֵם אֶחָד מִיְּעוּדֵי הָאָדָם וְאֵין לָחוּשׁ גַּאֲוָה בְּשֶׁל כָּךְ.

("רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי קִבֵּל מֵהִלֵּל וּמִשַּׁמָּאי. הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר: אִם לָמַדְתָּ תּוֹרָה הַרְבֵּה אַל תַּחֲזִיק טוֹבָה לְעַצְמְךָ כִּי לְכָךְ נוֹצָרְתָּ"- אָבוֹת ב ח)

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