To mend the tear / To heal the breach / Healing the breaches / To patch up a quarrel

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To mend the tear / To heal the breach / Healing the breaches / To patch up a quarrel

To mend the tear / To heal the breach / Healing the breaches / To patch up a quarrel

Sewed or joined a tear in fabric. Figuratively: brought reconciliation, restored closeness and unity.

("We have a little sister – this refers to Abraham, who mended all the inhabitants of the world. Bar Kappara said: one who mends the tear; little, for even when he was young, he acquired commandments and good deeds." – Bereishit Rabbah (Vilna), Parashat Lech Lecha, Section 39)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אִיחָה אֶת הַקֶּרַע (אִחוּי קְרָעִים)

Definition (Hebrew)

תֶּפֶר אוֹ חִבֵּר אֶת הַקֶּרַע בַּבַּד. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֵבִיא לְפִיּוּס. הֵבִיא לְקִרְבָה וְאִחוּד.

("אָחוֹת לָנוּ קְטַנָּה – זֶה אַבְרָהָם שֶׁאִחָה אֶת כָּל בְּאִי הָעוֹלָם, בַּר קַפָּרָא אָמַר: כָּזֶה שֶׁהוּא מְאַחֶה אֶת הַקֶּרַע, קְטַנָּה שֶׁעַד שֶׁהוּא קָטָן הָיָה מִסֶּגֶל מִצְווֹת וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים" – בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת לָךְ לָךְ פָּרָשָׁה לט)

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