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  • 101PROVERBS, TALMUDIC — The Talmud abounds in proverbs of all kinds. Important sources are the tractates Avot, Avot de Rabbi Nathan, Derekh Ereẓ Rabbah, and Derekh Ereẓ Zuta, and numbers of proverbs occur together in several smaller collections (BK 92a–b; Bek. 17a; et… …

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