Access/ foothold/ right of admission

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Access/ foothold/ right of admission

Access/ foothold/ right of admission

By metaphor: entry. Possibility of access. Or: a bond, see ‘contact’. Literally: from the way the sole of the foot steps.

("Two courtyards before this one... Rabbi Akiva forbids the outer courtyard because a footstep forbids it, and the Sages say there is no forbidding footstep" - Eruvin 6:9, and likewise: "And for the Jews, even from the nearby neighbors, there is no footstep in the courtyard" - Byalik / Behind the fence, 1:60, and likewise: "Where did the breach appear? In the rooms of his chambers - in the breach / a place where there is no footstep at all for a stranger" - Tchernichovsky / Evening times, and likewise: "Ready to overturn the whole world provided that there shall be no footstep for that righteous person in disturbance" - Agnon / These and Those, The Outcast, 9)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דְּרִיסַת רֶגֶל

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כְּנִיסָה. אֶפְשָׁרוּת גִּישָׁה. אוֹ: קַשׁ רְאוּ מַגָּע .מִלּוּלִית: מִדֶּרֶךְ כַּף הָרֶגֶל.

("שְׁתֵּי חֲצֵרוֹת זוֹ לִפְנִים מִזּוֹ...רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹסֵר הַחִיצוֹנָה שֶׁדְּרִיסַת הָרֶגֶל אוֹסַרְתָּהּ וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים אֵין דְּרִיסַת הָרֶגֶל אוֹסַרְתָּהּ"-עֵרוּבִין ו ט, וְכֵן:"וְלִיהוּדִים, אֲפִלּוּ מִן הַשְּׁכֵנִים הַקְּרוֹבִים, אֵין בֶּחָצֵר דְּרִיסַת רֶגֶל"- בְּיָאלִיק/ מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַגָּדֵר, א, סה, וְכֵן:"אֵיפֹה נִגְלָה הַפֶּרֶץ?בְּחַדְרֵי חֲדָרָיו- בָּרֶפֶת/ מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אֵין בּוֹ כָּל דְּרִיסַת רֶגֶל לְנָכְרִי"- טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ בְּעוּתַי לַיְלָה, וְכֵן:"מוּכָן לַהֲפֹךְ אֶת כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא דְּרִיסַת רֶגֶל לְאוֹתוֹ צַדִּיק בְּשַׁבּוּשׁ"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ,הִנָּדַח, 9)

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