By the faith of the Torah, by the truth of the Torah

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By the faith of the Torah, by the truth of the Torah

By the faith of the Torah, by the truth of the Torah

An oath formula: I swear by the Torah that...

("And I flee from people, secluding myself in a place where they do not notice... connected to old age... I do not cease entering and exiting, sometimes until night, and sometimes—by the faith of the Torah—until two hours before night" — Maimonides, Letter to R. Samuel Ibn Tibbon, old translation, 445)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֶּאֱמוּנַת הַתּוֹרָה, בֶּאֱמֶת הַתּוֹרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

לָשׁוֹן שְׁבוּעָה: אֲנִי נִשְׁבָּע בְּתוֹרָה ש...

("וַאֲנִי בּוֹרֵחַ מִבְּנֵי אָדָם, מִתְיַחֵד בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁלֹּא יַרְגִּישׁוּ...מְחֻבָּר אֶל הַזִּקְנָה...לֹא יָסוּר הַנִּכְנָס וְהַיּוֹצֵא פְּעָמִים עַד הַלַּיְלָה, וְלִפְעָמִים-בֶּאֱמוּנַת הַתּוֹרָה-עַד סוֹף שְׁתֵּי שָׁעוֹת מִן הַלַּיְלָה"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ אִגֶּרֶת לֵר' שְׁמוּאֵל אֶבֶן תִּבּוֹן בְּתַרְגּוּם קָדוּם, 445)

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