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Pirkei Avot §avot_05_15: There are four types among those who sit before the sages: a sponge, a funnel...
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There are four types among those who sit before the sages: a sponge, a funnel, a strainer and a sieve.A sponge, soaks up everything; A funnel, takes in at one end and lets out at the other; A strainer, which lets out the wine and retains the lees; A sieve, which lets out the coarse meal and retains the choice flour.
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Pirkei Avot — Ethics of the Fathers (Mishnah, c. AD 200) · avot_05_15
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