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Rabbinic tradition teaches to not rush into a house, describing it as impatience and poor manners. This resembles Sirach that contrasts the fool who rushes in with the wise person who waits, suggesting that Rabbinic tradition was influenced by it.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Sirach 21:22
Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus
Deuterocanon
19 Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man, and as manacles on the right hand. 20 A fool lifts up his voice with laughter, but a clever man smiles quietly. 21 Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold, and as a bracelet upon his right arm. 22 The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience will be ashamed of entering. 23 A foolish man peers into the door of a house, but a man who is instructed will stand outside. 24 It is rude for someone to listen at a door, but a prudent person will be grieved with the disgrace.
Niddah 16b
Babylonian Talmud
Rabbinic
The Gemara asks: And Rabbi Yoḥanan, how does he interpret that verse cited by Reish Lakish? The Gemara answers that Rabbi Yoḥanan requires that verse: “But he who despises his ways shall die,” to teach that which is written in the book of ben Sira: Three people I have hated, and a fourth I have not loved: A minister who frequents [hanirgal] drinking houses, as he disgraces himself and leads himself to ruin and death; and some say a different version of the text: A minister who chats [hanirgan] in drinking houses; and some say a third version: A minister who is short-tempered [hanirgaz] when in drinking houses. That is the first that he hated. And the others are one who dwells at the highest point of the city, where everyone sees him; and one who holds his penis and urinates. And the fourth, whom he has not loved, is one who enters the house of another suddenly, without warning. Rabbi Yoḥanan says: And this includes even one who comes into his own house without prior warning, as the members of his household might be engaged in private activities.
Date: 450–550 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Sirach's adherence to the ancient limitation of the term is hinted at in his caution against unexpected, inconsiderate entry into a house. A Talmudic reference uses pith'om, while a more trustworthy quote from a Midrashic work uses 'hastily', 'soon', or 'mehera': 'The foot of a fool is soon into a house'. (refer Sirach 21.22; Greek tachys. See B. Nidda 16b, Pirqa deRabenu Haqadosh, Baba deShisha). The Talmudic excerpt includes content not evident in Sirach; the Midrashic version is superior. It's worth noting that Sirach is likely referring to entering another person's house, not one's own, which could be relevant in the context of future Rabbinic discussions ..."
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