לא הבישן למד ולא הקפדן מלמד Ester Maria

[SonshineLearner]

Hey You!!

 

So I googled it, since my Dad isn't handy.....

 

 

He [Hillel 1] would say no pit fear sin, and with the country advocate, not shy learned, not the martinet teach, and not all goods are waiting for whoever, and instead that people strive to be a man;

 

Is that where this is from?

 

Or.. perhaps it's just a general saying about not being timid in learning, and teaching with seriousness?

 

Enlighten me :)

[Ester Maria]

It's from Pirkei Avot, and it means "the bashful person cannot learn, and the strict/impatient person cannot teach", i.e. students should not be shy (to ask, ask and ASK MORE :D), and teachers should not be quick-tempered, overly strict, angry, generally intimidating. I find it an important saying, especially the first part, which is so true - if you're too shy to ask things, and investigate them, and apply yourself, you'll never learn anything. In order to learn, one shouldn't be shy/afraid. We have it written all over the place, I cite it all the time.

 

You have the whole text here, English and Hebrew.

[Chris in VA]

Can you give us a phonetic translation, so we could learn to say it?

:-)