To deliver a friend from danger/ to drive the wolf from your friend's door

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To deliver a friend from danger/ to drive the wolf from your friend's door

To deliver a friend from danger/ to drive the wolf from your friend's door

Figuratively: rescued his friend from great distress. Removed a harmful thing or severe problem from his friend's life (literally: drove a lion from his friend's territory).

("One who drives a lion from his friend's possessions does so knowingly, not unknowingly. Likewise, one who drives a lion from his friend's possessions suffers no loss" - Bava Kamma 58a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִבְרִיחַ אֲרִי מִנִּכְסֵי חֲבֵרוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: חִלֵּץ אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ מְצֵרָה גְּדוֹלָה. סִלֵּק דָּבָר מַזִּיק אֶת בְּעָיָה חֲמוּרָה מֵחַיֵּי חֲבֵרוֹ (מִלּוּלִית: גֵּרֵשׁ אַרְיֵה מִשִּׁטְחוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ).

("מַבְרִיחַ אֲרִי מִנִּכְסֵי חֲבֵרוֹ מִדַּעְתּוֹ הוּא, הַאי לָאו מִדַּעְתּוֹ. אִי נָמֵי, מַבְרִיחַ אֲרִי מִנִּכְסֵי חֲבֵרוֹ לֵית לֵהּ פְּסֵדָא"- בָּבָא קַמָּא נָח ע"א)

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