Examine after him / Check after him

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Examine after him / Check after him

Examine after him / Check after him

To examine or check someone's behavior or actions after them.

("The Rabbis taught: If one was walking outside the city and sees a child with a torch in his hand, he examines after him: if he is an Israelite, he blesses; if a gentile, he does not bless." - Berakhot 53a. And similarly: "On other days Noah goes to the place he goes and does what he does, and Hanina Lipa does not examine after him." - Bialik, Me'achorei HaGader, 9. And similarly: "And so we learn that one should not rely on the opinion of others, and even if the whole world tells you that so-and-so is such, you must examine after him." - Agnon, Tachrich Shel Sipurim, 89)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּדַק אַחֲרָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בָּדַק אֶת הִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ. בֵּרֵר אַחֵר מַעֲשָׂיו אוֹ עָקַב אַחֲרָיו.

("תַּנּוּ רַבָּנָן: הָיָה מְהַלֵּךְ חוּץ לַכְּרַךְ וְרָאָה תִּינוֹק וַאֲבוּקָה בְּיָדוֹ, בּוֹדֵק אַחֲרָיו, אִם יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא-מְבָרֵךְ, אִם נָכְרִי הוּא-אֵינוֹ מְבָרֵךְ"- בְּרָכוֹת נג ע"א, וְכֵן: "בִּשְׁאַר הַיָּמִים הוֹלֵךְ נֹחַ לַמָּקוֹם שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ וְעוֹשֶׂה מָה שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה, וְאֵין חֲנִינָא לִיפָּא בּוֹדֵק אַחֲרָיו"-בְּיָאלִיק/ מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַגָּדֵר, ט קִי, וְכֵן:"וְעוֹד נִמְצֵינוּ לְמֵדִים שֶׁלֹּא יִסְמֹךְ אָדָם עַל דַּעַת אֲחֵרִים וַאֲפִלּוּ כָּל הָעוֹלָם אוֹמְרִים לָךְ פְּלוֹנִי זֶה כָּךְ, חַיָּב אַתָּה לִבְדֹּק אַחֲרָיו"- עַגְנוֹן/ תַּכְרִיךְ שֶׁל סִפּוּרִים, 89)

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