Make a virtue of necessity/ to draw good from evil/ to bring forth the precious from the vile

By metaphor: to realize the good potential present in a negative thing. To reveal the good aspect hidden within something negative. Or: to extract the beloved or valuable thing from the hands of the gluttonous (זולל means a glutton or a person eager after food).

("Therefore thus says the Lord: If you return - and I will restore you, you shall stand before me, and if you go forth from the desolate to the desolate - it shall be in my hand, they shall return to you, and you shall not return to them" - Jeremiah 11:19, and so: "And I will see that he will not be cruel. And his words will not stand according to the law of the Torah, that the door of the restoration may not be closed before this man, but I will There is hope to bring out a precious one from the devourer, to bring back a soul of Israel from the pit of corruption, and to bring him to the life of the world, which will make a complete return" - Shulath of the Two Loaves, Simeon No.

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