Old wine in a new jug

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Old wine in a new jug

Metaphorically: old, good content presented in a new style.

("Rabbi says: Do not look at the jug, but at what is in it. There is a new jug full of old wine, and an old jug that does not even have new wine" - Avot 4:20)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יַיִן יָשַׁן בְּקַנְקַן חָדָשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: תְּכָנִים יְשָׁנִים וְטוֹבִים הַמּוּבָאִים בְּסִגְנוֹן חָדָשׁ.

("רַבִּי אוֹמֵר אַל תִּסְתַּכֵּל בַּקַּנְקַן אֶלָּא בְמַה שֶּׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ יֵשׁ קַנְקַן חָדָשׁ מָלֵא יָשָׁן, וְיָשָׁן שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ חָדָשׁ אֵין בּוֹ"- אָבוֹת ד כ)

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