Expressions (A–Z)
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One who reviews his lesson one hundred times is not comparable to one who reviews it one hundred and one times
A person who studies and reviews the material one hundred and one times knows it...
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One’s Own Master
Independent; acts according to one’s own will.
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Onus, the Merciful One exempts
See: "Ones – Rachmana patrei".
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Prohibition upon prohibition
One restriction added on top of another restriction in the same matter. 'A decre...
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Reward in the House of Mourning – Silence, Reward in the Groom’s House – Speech
In a house of mourning, the reward is for maintaining silence, whereas in the ho...
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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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the contrary is correct / the opposite holds / the reverse is true
The opposite is correct! In fact, the contrary seems more plausible!
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The evil inclination rules only over what one's eyes see
A person's evil inclination grows stronger and is more likely to influence them...
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The third verse came and decided between them
See: "Until the third verse comes and decides between them".
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There are people who say / Some say
There are those who say; an expression from the Talmud introducing an alternativ...
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