Akiba ben Joseph Pirkei Avot, 3:17
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A fence to wisdom is silence.
— Akiba ben Joseph on Wisdom
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A fence to wisdom is silence." in the context of "Akiba ben Joseph Pirkei Avot, 3:17" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Akiba ben Joseph
Akiva ben Yosef (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second century. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the
About Akiba ben Joseph
Akiva ben Yosef (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second century. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the
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