Mishnah 12 - Chapter 3 - Pirkei Avot

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Mishnah 12 - Chapter 3 - Pirkei Avot

רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: הֱוֵי קַל לָרֹאשׁ וְנוֹחַ לַתִּשְׁחֹרֶת, וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּשִׂמְחָה.

Chapter 3 / Mishnah 12 : Transliterated Pirkei Avot

Rabbi yishma'el omer. Hevei kal larosh venoach lattishchoret, vehevei mekabbel et kol ha'adam besimchah.

Chapter 3 / Mishnah 12 - Pirkei Avot translated into English

Rabbi Ishmael said: be suppliant to a superior, submissive under compulsory service, and receive every man happily.

Description / commentaries - Pirkei Avot - Mishnah 12 - Chapter 3

R. Yishmael says: Be light to the head [i.e., before a great man, an elder, sitting at the head, be "light" to do his bidding and to serve him], and complaisant to the black head. [For a young man, whose hair is black, you need not be "light," but stand before him with complaisance and ease]. And [stand] vis-à-vis (MKBL) all men [whether "head" or "black head"] with joy. [(MKBL is to be pronounced "makbil," as per the targum [kval] of "neged" [vis-à-vis])].

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