The Students

Havesh to bind
Hannech to initiate
Shatak to be silent
Toldah generation/nature

The choice of virtues is three: silence, its consequences, and taciturnity. And a precious spirit is a sign of pride.

Siman sign

Saying twenty-five

Halaf to pass
Afah to fly
Na'arut youth/childhood
Bachrut adolescence
Ta'avah desire
Sherirut stubbornness/pravitas

The days of youth have passed, and the chariot of adolescence has flown away with the desires and stubbornness.

Zach pure
Ma'alal deed/work
Din judgment
Ta'anah complaint/plea

He who has lived pure in his deeds will find no complaint against him on the day of judgment.

Marbeh multiplies
Yilbet becomes weary
Haresh to be silent
Malet to save/liberate

He who multiplies words will become weary, and everyone who is silent will be saved.

Musar discipline
Matar rain

The soul needs discipline like the earth needs rain.

Tzelem image
Chochmah wisdom
Peri fruit

The soul is in an image, and wisdom is its beauty like a tree, and wisdom is its fruit.

Nadiv generous
Havel cord/rope
Tzafan to hide
Hon wealth

The generous person gives his soul to his enemies and hides his wealth from his friends.

Hata to sin
Mi'ut paucity
Gedulah greatness

When a man sins, he should not look at the paucity of the deed, but at the greatness of the one against whom he sinned.