Enough on a line of carobs from Sabbath eve to Sabbath eve

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Enough on a line of carobs from Sabbath eve to Sabbath eve

Enough on a line of carobs from Sabbath eve to Sabbath eve

A figurative expression by allusion: he has enough food at a small measure from time to time. He is satisfied with very little.

(“Every day a heavenly voice goes forth and says: ‘The whole world is sustained for the sake of My son Ḥanina, and Ḥanina My son—sufficient for him is a measure of carobs from one Sabbath eve to the next.’” — Ta’anit 24b; and likewise: “For these writers who strive on your behalf are covered seven together under a single cloak from great poverty, and they do not even have a measure of carobs from one Sabbath to the next.” — Berdyczewski, Writings, II, p. 141; and likewise: “The whole world was created only for the sake of My son Ḥanina… the whole world is sustained for his sake, and Ḥanina—not even a fig, not even a pomegranate, not even a single love—as if indeed a measure of carobs from Sabbath to Sabbath is enough for him.” — Natan Yonatan, Ḥanina My Son)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דְּיוֹ בְּקַו חָרוּבִים מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: דַּי לוֹ בְּקִצְבַּת מָזוֹן מוּעָטָה מֵעֵת לְעֵת. מִסְתַּפֵּק בַּמּוּעָט בְּיוֹתֵר.

("בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם בַּת קוֹל יוֹצֵאת וְאוֹמֶרֶת: כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ נִזּוֹן בִּשְׁבִיל חֲנִינָא בְּנִי, וַחֲנִינָא בְּנֵי דַּיּוֹ בְּקַו חָרוּבִים מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת"- תַּעֲנִית כַּד ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כִּי אֵלֶּה הַסּוֹפְרִים הַמִּשְׁתַּדְּלִים בַּעֲבוּרְךָ מִתְכַּסִּים שִׁבְעָה בְּטַלִּית אַחַת מֵרֹב דַּלּוּת וְגַם קַב חָרוּבִים מִשַּׁבָּת לְשַׁבָּת אֵין לָמוֹ"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 141, וְכֵן:"כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ לֹא נִבְרָא/ אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל חֲנִינָא בְּנִי...הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ נִזּוֹן בִּשְׁבִילוֹ/ וַחֲנִינָא- אַף לֹא תְּאֵנָה אַף לֹא רִמּוֹן/ אַף לֹא אַהֲבָה אַחַת-/ כְּאִלּוּ בֶּאֱמֶת דַּי לוֹ/ בְּקַב חָרוּבִים מִשַּׁבָּת לְשַׁבָּת"-נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ חֲנִינָא בְּנִי)

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