Let Your House Be a Meeting Place for Sages

Let your house be a meeting place for sages (1:4). Be such a friend to learning and show such kindness and hospitality to its guardians and teachers, that they will feel drawn to your home and will be happy to gather there. Accord them a place of honor in your house, sit at their feet and listen intently to their conversation, for, as Chazal state (Sukkah 23b): “Even the ordinary conversation of sages [is instructive and] should be studied.” (Pirkei Avos – R’ Shamshon Rafael Hirsch)

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