There is no smoke without fire

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There is no smoke without fire

There is no smoke without fire

Smoke cannot be created without fire. Figuratively: Suspicions do not arise for no reason; they are likely based on something real.

(“Tanna and fire and coals of flame, as it is written: ‘Smoke went up from His nostrils,’ and there is no tanna without fire and no fire without tanna.” — Zohar, Idra Rabba, Vol. 3 (Numbers), Parashat Naso 137b. Also: “The pain will be greater for those who speak ill of a family, city, or tribe in Israel, whether Sephardim about Ashkenazim or Ashkenazim about Sephardim. It is known that God strictly punished those who slander Israel, and there is no city, family, tribe, or person without grain and straw, and no tree without smoke.” — Pele Yoetz, entry Lamed, Lashon Hara. Also: “There is no smoke without fire, for some grains of truth are surely found in their claims.” — Ahad Ha’am, ‘Slavery within Freedom’)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

עָשָׁן לֹא יָכוֹל לְהִוָּצֵר אִם אֵין אֵשׁ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: סְתָם לֹא נוֹצָרוֹת חֲשָׁדוֹת. הַחֲשָׁדוֹת כְּכָל הַנִּרְאֶה מְבֻסָּסוֹת עַל מַשֶּׁהוּ אֲמִתִּי.

("תַּנְנָא וְאֶשָּׂא וְגַחֲלֵי דְּנוּרָא, דִּכְתִיב עָלָה עָשָׁן בְּאַפּוֹ, וְלֵית תַּנְנָא בְּלֹא אֶשָּׂא וְלֹא אֶשָּׂא בְּלֹא תַּנְנָא"-זֹהַר, הָאִדְּרָא רָבָא כֶּרֶךְ ג (בַּמִּדְבָּר) פָּרָשַׁת נָשָׂא קלז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"יִגְדַּל הַכְּאֵב עַל הַמְּדַבְּרִים בִּגְנוּת מִשְׁפָּחָה,אוֹ בִּגְנוּת בֵּנִי הָעִיר, אוֹ בִּגְנוּת שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, כְּגוֹן סְפָרַדִּים עַל אַשְׁכְּנַזִּים ואשכנזים עַל סְפָרַדִּים, וְיָדוּעַ שהקב"ה הִקְפִּיד הַרְבֵּה עַל המלמדים קטגוריא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאֵין לְךָ כָּל עִיר וּמִשְׁפָּחָה ושבט וְכָל אִישׁ שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ בַּר ותבן וְאֵין עֵץ בְּלִי עָשָׁן"- פֶּלֶא יועץ/ אוֹת ל', לָשׁוֹן הָרַע, וְכֵן:"כִּי אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ, כִּי אֵיזוֹ גַּרְגְּרֵי אֱמֶת נִמְצָאִים בְּוַדַּאי בטענותיהם "-אֶחָד הָעָם/ עַבְדוּת בְּתוֹךְ חֵרוּת)

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