A thief son of a thief

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A thief son of a thief

A thief son of a thief

A thief whose father also engaged in thievery. By analogy: a great thief.

(If one says 'Mamzer son of a mamzer,' it is as if he explicitly called his father a mamzer; and if he says to his friend 'a thief son of a thief,' or 'an evil person son of an evil person,' or 'an apostate son of an apostate,' or 'a slanderer son of a slanderer,' this does not disrespect their fathers. But if he was a slanderer or an evil person, it is permitted to call him 'an evil person son of an apostate,' which does insult the father's honor, even if his father was perfectly righteous. - Yam Shel Shlomo, Tractate Bava Kama, Chapter 8)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גַּנָּב בֶּן גַּנָּב

Definition (Hebrew)

גַּנָּב שֶׁגַּם אָבִיו עָסַק בִּגְנֵבָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: גַּנָּב גָּדוֹל.

("אִם אָמַר מַמְזֵר בֶּן מַמְזֵר, הֹוֶה כְּאִלּוּ קָרָא לְאָבִיו בְּהֶדְיָא מַמְזֵר, וְאִם אָמַר לַחֲבֵרוֹ גַּנָּב בֶּן גַּנָּב, אוֹ רָשָׁע בֶּן רָשָׁע, אוֹ מְשֻׁמָּד בֵּן מְשֻׁמָּד, אוֹ מַלְשִׁין בֶּן מַלְשִׁין. אֵין זֶה כְּפוֹגֵעַ בִּכְבוֹד אֲבוֹתָיו. דַּהֲא אִם הָיָה מַלְשִׁין אוֹ רָשָׁע, מֻתָּר לִקְרוֹתוֹ רָשָׁע אוֹ מְשֻׁמָּד בַּר מְשֻׁמָּד, שֶׁפּוֹגֵעַ כְּבוֹד אָבִיו, אֲפִלּוּ אִם הָיָה אָבִיו צַדִּיק גָּמוּר"- יָם שֶׁל שְׁלֹמֹה מַסֶּכֶת בָּבָא קַמָּא פֶּרֶק ח)

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