Each man would swallow his fellow alive

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Each man would swallow his fellow alive

Each man would swallow his fellow alive

Figuratively: one harms another. One fights another.

("Rabbi Chanina the deputy high priest said: Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of it, each man would swallow his fellow alive" - Avot 3:2. Also: "The two pashas, the pasha of Damascus and the pasha of Akko, were constantly consumed with the fire of jealousy, in the manner of 'each man would swallow his fellow alive'" - Y. Burla / Longings, 16)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בָּלָעוּ, אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בְּלָעוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הָאֶחָד פּוֹגֵעַ בַּשֵּׁנִי. אֶחָד נִלְחָם בַּשֵּׁנִי.

("רַבִּי חֲנִינָא סְגָן הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹמֵר: הוֹי מִתְפַּלֵּל בִּשְׁלוֹמָהּ שֶׁל מַלְכוּת שֶׁאִלְמָלֵא מוראה אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בָּלָעוּ"- אָבוֹת ג ב, וְכֵן:"שְׁנֵי הפחות,הפחה שֶׁל דמשק והפחה מֵעַכּוֹ, הָיוּ אכולים תָּדִיר אֵשׁ קנאות, בְּחִינַת 'אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בלעו' "- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 16)

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