Came in his footsteps
Arrived as an act resulting from him. The outcome that came from him.
("And I examined it and tasted the honeycomb sweetness of the pleasant words of my holy sayings, pure sayings, and what he brought from the responsa of the rabbis of blessed memory. Then I said and decided in my mind to come in his footsteps." - Responsa Nivchar Mikeseph, Even Ha'ezer, Siman Lamed-Chet)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּא בְּעִקְבוֹתָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
הִגִּיעַ כְּפֹעַל יוֹצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ. הַתּוֹצָאָה שֶׁבָּא מִמֶּנּוּ.
("וְעִיַּנְתִּי בּוֹ וְטָעַמְתִּי צוּף דְּבַשׁ נֹעַם אָמְרִי קָדוֹשׁ אֲמָרוֹת טְהוֹרוֹת וּמָה שֶׁהֵבִיא מִתְּשׁוּבוֹת הָרַבָּנִים זַ"ל אָז אָמַרְתִּי וְגָמַרְתִּי בְּדַעְתִּי לָבֹא בְּעִקְבוֹתָיו"- שׁוּ"ת נִבְחַר מִכֶּסֶף חֵלֶק אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר סִימָן לח)