Expressions (A–Z)
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B
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Bar Da'at, Ben Da'at/ intelligent/ sensible/ clever
A person possessing wisdom or great knowledge.
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C
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Came in its time
Came at the proper time. Came at an appropriate timing.
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H
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hasty in his words
Spoke quickly.
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Holy Lamp, Lamp of Light
A title for a very great Rabbi who is like a great luminary (literally from Aram...
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L
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Let your house be a meeting place for the wise/ let your house be a meeting house for the Sages
Open your home to wisdom and to wise people. Welcome wise people into your house...
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N
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No tricks
See: "בלי חכמות" (No tricks).
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O
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One who comes to teach and turns out a learner/ teaching others teaches oneself
Came to teach something new and ended up learning something new himself from the...
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R
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Rooted fool
A complete fool (משריש literally means “struck at the root”).
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S
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Sages of the Nations of the World/ Gentile scholars
Sages who are not members of the Jewish people.
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T
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There is no fathoming the wisdom of a skilled defense attorney
A skilled defense attorney has a great ability to find original arguments in fav...
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