By no means, on no account, in no way

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By no means, on no account, in no way

By no means, on no account, in no way

By no manner, by no shape or form. Figuratively: absolutely negative. Completely. Totally (פָּנִים also means reasons, forms, or manners).

("But the spiritual pleasures are constant, unceasing, and there is no relation between them and these pleasures by any means" - Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishnah, Introduction to Chapter "Part", 4:310; and also: "Shimon went to the girl to take her as his wife. She refused and said: I have no desire for this Shimon by any means, because he hurt the girl's heart with words and she was angry with him" - Responsa of Maimonides, Siman 180; and also: "The rule is that it is impossible in any way in the world for two thoughts to exist together at once. Therefore, one can easily expel bad thoughts only by sitting and not acting" - Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Likutey Moharan, Torah 133; and also: "I cannot recall the details of our first meeting by any means" - Byalik, The Rest, Levinski.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּשׁוּם פָּנִים וָאֹפֶן, בְּשׁוּם אֹפֶן

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּשׁוּם אֹפֶן. בְּאַף צוּרָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: שְׁלִילִי בְּאֹפֶן מֻחְלָט. לְגַמְרֵי.כְּלָל וּכְלָל (פָּנִים מַשְׁמָע גַּם סִבּוֹת, צוּרוֹת אוֹ אֳפָנִים).

("אֲבָל הַתַּעֲנוּגִים הַנַּפְשִׁיִּים הֲרֵיהֶם מַתְמִידִים, בִּלְתִּי נִפְסָקִים, וְאֵין בֵּינֵיהֶם וּבֵין אֵלּוּ הַתַּעֲנוּגִים יַחַס בְּשׁוּם פָּנִים"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ פֵּרוּשׁ הַמִּשְׁנָה, הַקְדָּמָה לְפָרֵק "חֵלֶק", ד, 310, וְכֵן:"הָלַךְ שִׁמְעוֹן אֶל הַנַּעֲרָה לְקַחְתָּהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה. נִמְנְעָה וְאָמְרָה: אֵין לִי חֵפֶץ בְּשִׁמְעוֹן זֶה בְּשׁוּם פָּנִים וָאֹפֶן, מִשּׁוּם שֶׁהִכְאִיב לְלֵב הָעַלְמָה בִּדְבָרִים וְהִיא כָּעֲסָה עָלָיו"- שׁוּ"ת הָרַמְבָּ"ם סִימָן קִצּוֹ, וְכֵן:"הַכְּלָל שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר בְּשׁוּם אֹפֶן בָּעוֹלָם שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵי מַחְשָׁבוֹת בְּיַחַד בְּפַעַם אֶחָד. עַל כֵּן בְּקַל יְכוּלֵן לְגָרֵשׁ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת רָעוֹת רַק בְּשֵׁב וְאַל תַּעֲשֶׂה"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה רל"ג, וְכֵן:"פְּרָטֵי פְּגִישָׁתֵנוּ הָרִאשׁוֹנָה אֵינִי יָכוֹל לְהַעֲלוֹת עַל זִכְרוֹנִי בְּשׁוּם פָּנִים"- בְּיָאלִיק/ הַמָּנוֹחַ לֵוִינְסְקִי)

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