“As regards scholars, the older they become the more wisdom they acquire…But as regards the ignorant, the older they become, the more foolish they become.”
—Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 152a
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“As regards scholars, the older they become the more wisdom they acquire…But as regards the ignorant, the older they become, the more foolish they become.”
—Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 152a
Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.
In rabbinic texts, the distinction between childhood and young adulthood is the birth of the yetzer hatov, the good inclination.
The Book of Proverbs wants us all to pursue wisdom. But what is that exactly?