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Commentary for Proverbs 14:4

בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרָב־תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר׃

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Rashi on Proverbs

Without oxen the manger is empty Without oxen, the manger is empty, for not even straw is found in the house.
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Rashi on Proverbs

empty Heb. בר, clean and empty. This means that without Torah scholars, there is no proper instruction.
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