Expressions (A–Z)
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Wears the Study Hall, Wears the Learning Bench/ Yeshiva student
A yeshiva student. A person who regularly attends the study hall and studies Tor...
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Who is wise? He who learns from every person
The true wise person knows that it is possible to learn from every person. A wis...
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Wisdom of Israel, Thought of Israel/ Jewish studies/ Judaica/ Hebraica
A compendium of Jewish creative activity in thought, ethics, and law. Or: a desi...
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with a clear mind / in cool-headedness
With clear thought and balanced judgment without any disturbance. A mind that is...
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With the dead I am free / Only with the dead am I free
Only when a person is dead is he free from all obligations.
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Without study of Law there is no seemliness
Without Torah or study, a person cannot conduct themselves with proper manners (...
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Woe if I say it, woe if I do not / whether I talk or keep quiet, I'm in trouble
Figuratively: I am afraid and do not know whether to speak or not. Expressing co...
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Word of Torah
A quotation from the written Torah or from Midrash whose source is in the Torah,...
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Words of Jest
Words of mockery. Jests. Jokes and words of humor.
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Words of Secular, Words of Mundane
Daily matters. Matters of routine. Ordinary words. The opposite of matters of ho...
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