Expressions (A–Z)
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a plastered cistern which loses not a drop (retentive memory)
By extension: a term for someone with an extraordinary memory who forgets nothin...
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D
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Do not scorn any person
Do not treat people with contempt.
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I
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If there is no proper conduct, there is no Torah
Without accepted moral behavior, it is impossible to interpret and fulfill what...
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If you see a student whose learning is as hard for him as iron—it is because his Mishnah is not organized for him
If a student struggles to understand the study material, the reason may be a lac...
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Inspection of fig stems
By extension: inspection of minute details. Asked many questions for the sake of...
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It is not so
It is not so. Different from it.
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S
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Sea of the Talmud/ the Talmud (so named because of its depth and expanse)
A wide-ranging Talmudic corpus. A nickname for the Talmudic books containing tho...
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T
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to come into the world/ to be born
To be born. To be created.
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