Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nezikin/Tractate Avot/Chapter 1/15
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Introduction
[edit]This Mishnah presents sayings of Shammai, who was introduced in Mishnah 12.
Hebrew Text
[edit]שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר:
עֲשֵׂה תוֹרָתְךָ קֶבַע.
אֱמוֹר מְעַט, וַעֲשֵׂה הַרְבֵּה.
וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת.
English Translation
[edit]Shammai used to say:
Make your Torah [study a] fixed [habit].
Speak little, and do much.
And receive every person with a pleasant countenance.