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Commentary for Proverbs 20:14

רַ֣ע רַ֭ע יֹאמַ֣ר הַקּוֹנֶ֑ה וְאֹזֵ֥ל ל֝֗וֹ אָ֣ז יִתְהַלָּֽל׃

’It is bad, it is bad’, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Rashi on Proverbs

“It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer If one acquires Torah through poverty and the pains of hunger, he says, “Woe is to me for this evil and for this trouble,” but when he goes away full of wisdom... then he boasts about the pain he suffered.
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Rashi on Proverbs

but when he goes away Heb. ואזל, but when he goes away.
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