If you are sated with bread – remember the hungry; if you are sated with wealth – remember the poor. (שָׂבַעְתָּ לֶחֶם- זְכֹר הָרָעֵב, שָׂבַעְתָּ עֹשֶׁר זְכֹר הֶעָנִי)
If you are sated with bread – remember the hungry; if you are sated with wealth – remember the poor. (שָׂבַעְתָּ לֶחֶם- זְכֹר הָרָעֵב, שָׂבַעְתָּ עֹשֶׁר זְכֹר הֶעָנִי)

If you are sated with bread – remember the hungry; if you are sated with wealth – remember the poor.

A person must remember those less fortunate than himself, especially in good times.

("If you are sated with bread – remember the hungry; if you are sated with wealth – remember the poor" – Ben Sirah 18:24)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

שָׂבַעְתָּ לֶחֶם- זְכֹר הָרָעֵב, שָׂבַעְתָּ עֹשֶׁר זְכֹר הֶעָנִי

Definition (Hebrew)

חוֹבָה מֻטֶּלֶת עַל הָאָדָם לִזְכֹּר אֶת הָרְעֵבִים וְהַסּוֹבְלִים גַּם כַּאֲשֶׁר טוֹב לוֹ.

("שִׁבְעַת לֶחֶם – זְכֹר הָרָעָב, שִׁבְעַת עֹשֶׁר – זְכֹר הָעֹנִי" – בֶּן סִירָא יח, כַּד)

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