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Mishnah 5 - Chapter 6 - Pirkei Avot
אַל תְּבַקֵּשׁ גְּדֻלָּה לְעַצְמְךָ, וְאַל תַּחְמוֹד כָּבוֹד, יוֹתֵר מִלִּמּוּדֶךָ עֲשֵׂה, וְאַל תִּתְאַוֶּה לְשֻׁלְחָנָם שֶׁל שָׂרִים, שֶׁשֻּׁלְחָנְךָ גָּדוֹל מִשֻּׁלְחָנָם וְכִתְרְךָ גָּדוֹל מִכִּתְרָם, וְנֶאֱמָן הוּא בַּעַל מְלַאכְתְּךָ שֶׁיְּשַׁלֶּם לְךָ שְׂכַר פְּעֻלָּתֶךָ:
Chapter 6 / Mishnah 5 : Transliterated Pirkei Avot
Al tevakkesh gedullah le'atzmecha, ve'al tachmod kavod, yoter millimmudecha aseh, ve'al tit'avveh leshulchanam shel sarim, sheshulchanecha gadol mishulchanam vechitrecha gadol mikkitram, vene'eman hu ba'al melachtecha sheyeshallem lecha sechar pe'ullatecha.
Chapter 6 / Mishnah 5 - Pirkei Avot translated into English
Do not seek greatness for yourself, and do not covet honor. Practice more than you learn. Do not yearn for the table of kings, for your table is greater than their table, and your crown is greater than their crown, and faithful is your employer to pay you the reward of your labor.
Description / commentaries - Pirkei Avot - Mishnah 5 - Chapter 6
Torah is greater than priesthood and than kingship. For kingship is acquired with thirty eminences and priesthood with twenty-four, whereas Torah is acquired with forty-eight. They are: learning, the hearing of the ear, the articulation of the lips, the understanding of the heart, intuition, awe, fear, humility, joy, attendance upon the wise, the probing of the friends, the dialectics of the disciples, with deliberation, with Scripture, with Mishnah, with diminution of trade, of sleep, of pleasure, of laughter, (and) of cohabitation, with patience, with forbearance, with a good heart, with faith in the sages, and with the acceptance of afflictions.
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