Better to be wretched and physically healthy than wealthy and ill. (טוֹב מִסְכֵּן בִּבְרִיאוּת בָּשָׂר מֵאִישׁ עָשִׁיר וְחוֹלֶה)
Better to be wretched and physically healthy than wealthy and ill. (טוֹב מִסְכֵּן בִּבְרִיאוּת בָּשָׂר מֵאִישׁ עָשִׁיר וְחוֹלֶה)

Better to be wretched and physically healthy than wealthy and ill.

Health is more important than anything and its value cannot be assessed.

("Better to be wretched and physically healthy than a rich and sick man. The life of the flesh is chosen over gold, and a healthy soul over great wealth, and better is death than a life of sickness" – Ben Sira 30:16.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹב מִסְכֵּן בִּבְרִיאוּת בָּשָׂר מֵאִישׁ עָשִׁיר וְחוֹלֶה

Definition (Hebrew)

הַבְּרִיאוּת חֲשׁוּבָה מֵהַכֹּל וְלֹא נִתָּן לְהַעֲרִיכָהּ בְּכֶסֶף.

("טוֹב מִסְכֵּן בִּבְרִיאוּת בָּשָׂר מֵאִישׁ עָשִׁיר וְחוֹלֶה. חַיֵּי בְּשָׂרִים נִבְחָרִים מִזָּהָב, וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּרִיאָה מֵהוֹן עָתֵק, וְטוּב הַמָּוֶת מֵחַיֵּי תַּחֲלוּאִים" – בֶּן סִירָא ל, יָד-טז).

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