The Book of Shmuel I

The Feasibility of Fixing Folly

Ein Aya Shabbat Chapter B Paragraph 105

What are examples of contradictions within Mishlei? It says, Do not answer a fool according to his folly” (Mishlei 26:4) and it says, “Answer a fool according to his folly” (ibid. 5). It is not a problem, as one is talking about matters of Torah (one answers) and one is talking about general matters (one does not answer).

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