“Shemiah said: Shun authority.” Just what does this mean? That a man should not on his own place a crown upon his head. But others may do so.
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The Birth of the Good Inclination
In rabbinic texts, the distinction between childhood and young adulthood is the birth of the yetzer hatov, the good inclination.
Pirkei Avot: Ethics of Our Fathers
This section of the Mishnah is one of the best-known and most cited of Jewish texts.