A single pepper is better than a basket full of gourds

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A single pepper is better than a basket full of gourds

A brief, sharp, wise statement is preferable to a long-winded explanation.

("Ravina said, and some say Rav Nahman bar Yitzchak: One sharp pepper is better than a basket full of gourds" (Yoma 80b), and similarly: "That is what people say: One sharp pepper is better than a basket full of gourds" (Yalkut Shimoni, Torah, Parashat Mishpatim, remez 327).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹב פִּלְפֵּל אֶחָד מִסַּל מָלֵא דְּלוּעִים

Definition (Hebrew)

עָדִיף לִשְׁמֹועַ דִּיבּוּר חָכָם קָצָר, מֵהַרְבֵּה מֶלֶל שֶׁמַּסְבִּיר בַּאֲרִיכוּת אֶת הָרַעֲיוֹן.

("אָמַר רָבִינָא וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: טָבָא חֲדָא פִּלְפַּלְתָּא חֲרִיפָא מִמְּלָא צַנָּא דְקָרֵי"- יוֹמָא פֹּה ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הַיְנוּ דְּאָמְרֵי אִינָשֵׁי, טָבָא חֲדָא פִּלְפְּלָא חֲרִיפְתָא מְמַלֵּא צְנָא דְּקָרָא"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תּוֹרָה פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים רֶמֶז שכז)

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