The earth's anvil is one/ human nature is much the same hall over the world/ "the earth is one solid block" (סַדָּנָא דארעה חַד הוּא)

The earth's anvil is one/ human nature is much the same hall over the world/ "the earth is one solid block"

By extension: people's basic customs are similar everywhere. Human behavior is shared by all people. ("Sadan" means a block of wood or metal used for hammering or cutting something on it. Literally, from Aramaic: the world's anvil is one.)

("He sold him ten fields in ten provinces; once he took possession of one of them, he acquired them all! There, it is a case of 'the earth's anvil is one'" — Bava Batra 67a; and likewise: "And the earth's anvil is one, and therefore they know what lies before them and proceed in one course, from which they do not deviate right or left" — Berdyczewski, Writings, 2, 18; and likewise: "Every time life takes him to distant and strange places, it becomes clear to him again that indeed the earth's anvil is one" — H. Baeer, To the Place Where the Wind Goes, 335)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

סַדָּנָא דארעה חַד הוּא

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מִנְהֲגֵי בְּנֵי הָאָדָם הַבְּסִיסִיִּים דּוֹמִים הֵם בְּכָל מָקוֹם. הַתּוֹפָעוֹת הָאֱנוֹשִׁיּוֹת מְשֻׁתָּפוֹת לְכָל בְּנֵי הָאָדָם (סַדַּן מַשְׁמָע גּוּשׁ עֵץ אוֹ מַתֶּכֶת הַמְּשַׁמֵּשׁ לְהַקִּישׁ אוֹ לְקַצֵּץ עָלָיו דְּבַר מָה. מִלּוּלִית מֵאֲרַמִּית: סַדַּן הָעוֹלָם אֶחָד הוּא).

("מָכַר לוֹ עֶשֶׂר שָׂדוֹת בְּעֶשֶׂר מְדִינוֹת, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהֶחְזִיק בְּאַחַת מֵהֶן- קָנָה כֻּלָּן! הָתָם הוּא דְּסַדָּנָא דְאַרְעָא חַד הוּא"- בָּבָא בָּתְרָא סז ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְסַדָּנָא דְּאַרְעָא חַד, וְלָכֵן יוֹדְעִים אֶת אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵיהֶם, וְהוֹלְכִים בְּשִׁיטָה אַחַת, אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָסוּרוּ מִמֶּנָּה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 18, וְכֵן:"בְּכָל פַּעַם שֶׁהַחַיִּים מְזַמְּנִים אוֹתוֹ לִמְקוֹמוֹת רְחוֹקִים וְזָרִים שׁוּב מִתְבָּרֵר לוֹ שֶׁאָכֵן סַדָּנָא דְאַרְעָא חַד הוּא"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 335)

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