How a Fool Reveals Himself Just by Walking

Kohelet Rabbah 3:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

“Even when a fool walks on the way his heart is lacking; and he says to everyone that he is a fool” (Ecclesiastes 10:3). “Even when a fool walks on the way…” – a fool believes that all the people are fools like him, but he does not know that he is a fool and all the people are wise.

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