CommentaryMidrashChasidutQuoting commentaryJewish thoughtHalakhahRelated PassageTalmudMishnahMusarReferenceEssayLiturgySecond templeKabbalahResponsaTargumQuotation_auto_tanakhMishnah for Genesis 18:78Pirkei AvotShammai used to say: make your [study of the] Torah a fixed practice; speak little, but do much; and receive all men with a pleasant countenance.Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopyPrevious VerseFull ChapterNext Verse