Together / in the same basket

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Together / in the same basket

Together / in the same basket

Together. In unison. In one place. Figuratively: in shared interaction or joint activity (kefifah meaning a basket or a hamper).

("A person cannot dwell with a snake in the same basket" – Yevamot 112b; and likewise: "Here all the Jews gather into one basket, sitting crowded together, speaking and consulting" – Sholem Aleichem, We Sneak Across the Border, p. 121; and likewise: "When I was distant from her, when I was not together with her in the same basket" – Meged, The Living on the Dead; and likewise: "At that moment they trembled … and said: we and he cannot dwell together in the same basket" – Agnon, On the Handles of the Lock, With Our Youth and Our Elders, p. 216)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּכְפִיפָה אַחַת

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּיַחַד. בְּצַוְתָּא. בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בִּפְעִילוּת גּוֹמְלִין מְשֻׁתֶּפֶת (כְּפִיפָה מַשְׁמָע טֶנֶא אוֹ סַל).

("אֵין אָדָם דָּר עִם נָחָשׁ בִּכְפִיפָה אַחַת"- יְבָמוֹת קיב ע"ב, וְכֵן: "וְכָאן מִתְכַּנְּסִים כָּל הַיְּהוּדִים לִכְפִיפָה אַחַת, יוֹשְׁבִים צְפוּפִים וּמְדַבְּרִים וּמִתְיַעֲצִים"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מִתְגַּנְּבִים לַעֲבֹר אֶת הַגְּבוּל, קכא, וְכֵן: "בִּהְיוֹתִי מְרֻחָק מִמֶּנָּה, כְּשֶׁלֹּא הָיִיתִי שָׁרוּי בִּכְפִיפָה אַחַת עִמָּהּ"- מֶגֶד/ הַחַי עַל הַמֵּת, וְכֵן: "בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה יִזְדַּעְזְעוּ ...וְיֹאמְרוּ אֵין אָנוּ וְהוּא יְכוֹלִים לָדוּר בִּכְפִיפָה אַחַת"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל, בִּנְעָרֵינוּ וּבִזְקֵנֵינוּ, 216 )

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