טוֹב לָלֶכֶת אֶל בֵּית אֵבֶל מִלֶּכֶת אֶל בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting

הגדרה (אנגלית)

It is more important to comfort mourners than to attend a joyful celebration.

("It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all man, and life shall be given to his heart" - Ecclesiastes 7:2)