Friendly treatment/ brightening of face/ welcoming face
Face light. Acceptance of a person with a beautiful face. A gesture of open friendship.
("If you see a student whose learning is as difficult as Barzillai - in the path of his teacher who does not explain to him face to face" - Ta'anit 8 a.a., and so: "If he spoke the truth and you were wrong - he should explain to you face to face and speak softly, all because you spoke the truth and he was wrong" - Harambam/ Letter of Replies to Rabbi Obadiah the Emigrant, 434, And so: "While they were walking, the owner of the ark would greet his guests and express his joy that Jews were coming from the exile to settle in Jerusalem" - Y. Burla/ Kisupim, 10, and so: "They immediately greeted him and said to him, "The blessed of the Lord has come, behold, the land is before you, and it is good in your eyes." - Agnon/ Elo and Elo, (The Legend of the Writer, I, 109)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶסְבֵּר פָּנִים (הִסְבִּיר לוֹ פָּנִים)
Definition (Hebrew)
מְאוֹר פָּנִים. קַבָּלַת אָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת. יַחַס שֶׁל יְדִידוּת גְּלוּיָה.
("אִם רָאִיתָ תַּלְמִיד שֶׁלְּמוּדוֹ קָשֶׁה עָלָיו כְּבַרְזֶל- בִּשְׁבִיל רַבּוֹ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַסְבִּיר לוֹ פָּנִים"- תַּעֲנִית ח ע"א, וְכֵן:"אִלּוּ הוּא אָמַר הָאֱמֶת וְאַתָּה הָיִיתָ טוֹעֶה- הָיָה לוֹ לְהַסְבִּיר לְךָ פָּנִים וּלְדַבֵּר רַכּוּת, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן שֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר אֱמֶת וְהוּא טוֹעֶה"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ אִגֶּרֶת תְּשׁוּבוֹת אֶל ר' עוֹבַדְיָה הַגָּר, 434, וְכֵן:"תּוֹךְ כְּדֵי הֲלִיכָה הָיָה בַּעַל הָאַכְסַנְיָה מַסְבִּיר פָּנִים לְאוֹרְחָיו וּמְגַלֶּה שִׂמְחָתוֹ שֶׁיְּהוּדִים בָּאִים מִתְּפוּצוֹת הַגּוֹלָה לְהִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 10, וְכֵן:"מִיָּד מַסְבִּירִים לוֹ פָּנִים וְאוֹמְרִים לוֹ בָּא בָּרוּךְ ה', הִנֵּה הָאָרֶץ לְפָנֶיךָ, בְּטוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ שָׁב"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, אַגָּדַת הַסּוֹפֵר, א, 109)