Mishnah 16 - Chapter 1 - Pirkei Avot

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Mishnah 16 - Chapter 1 - Pirkei Avot

רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הָיָה אוֹמֵר: עֲשֵׂה לְךָ רַב, וְהִסְתַּלֵּק מִן הַסָּפֵק, וְאַל תַּרְבֶּה לְעַשֵּׂר אֳמָדוֹת:

Chapter 1 / Mishnah 16 : Transliterated Pirkei Avot

Rabban gamli'el hayah omer. Aseh lecha rav, vehistallek min hassafek, ve'al tarbeh le'asser omadot.

Chapter 1 / Mishnah 16 - Pirkei Avot translated into English

Rabban Gamaliel used to say: appoint for thyself a teacher, avoid doubt, and do not make a habit of tithing by guesswork.

Description / commentaries - Pirkei Avot - Mishnah 16 - Chapter 1

R. Gamliel was wont to say [in respect to hora'ah (halachic rulings): If a question comes before you and you are in doubt (as to the halachah),] make a rav for yourself, and remove doubt from yourself [(and do not rule alone) as in the instance of Rava (viz. Horiyoth 3b). When a question of treifah (ritually unfit meat) came before him, he would gather together all the butchers of Mata Mechasia, saying "so that each take a chip of the beam" (i.e., so that the entire onus not fall on him alone)]. And do not tithe overmuch by estimate. [For one who does so is not spared defect. If he tithes too little, his tithes are correct, but his fruits are "defective"; and if he tithes too much, his fruits are "corrected," but his tithes are defective.]

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