There is no escape but...

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There is no escape but...

There is no escape but...

There is no choice but..., there is no other option but... (The original source of the expression is in Psalms 142:5: "Look to the right and see, there is none that recognizes me; escape is lost to me; no one cares for my soul.")

("And how could it also be for Him, exalted, righteous and upright, that He would punish someone for an act that there is no escape from doing it" – Maimonides, Introduction to Pirkei Avot, Chapter Eight, 336)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין מָנוֹס מֵאֲשֶׁר

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵין בְּרֵירָה אֶלָּא..., אֵין אֶפְשָׁרוּת אַחֶרֶת מֵאֲשֶׁר... (מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל הַבִּיטּוּי בִּתְהִלִּים קמ"ב ה: "הַבֵּט יָמִין וּרְאֵה וְאֵין לִי מַכִּיר אָבַד מָנוֹס מִמֶּנִּי אֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי").

("ואיך יתכן גם כן עליו יתעלה,צדיק וישר,שיענישהו על מעשה שאין מנוס מעשותו"- הרמב"ם/ הקדמה למסכת אבות, הפרק השמיני, 336)

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