This Does Not Hold

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This Does Not Hold

This Does Not Hold

Figuratively: This is meaningless. It has no validity whatsoever.

("Rabbi Akiva said: There is no sanctification that can be understood in the obligations of an enemy" - Sota 18b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

זֶה לֹא תּוֹפֵס

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: זֶה חֲסַר מַשְׁמָעוּת. אֵין לוֹ כָּל תֹּקֶף.

("רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הִיא, דְּאָמַר: אֵין קִדּוּשִׁין תּוֹפְסִין בְּחַיָּבֵי לָאוִין"- סוֹטָה יח ע"ב)

Keyword

Validity betrothal hold meaningless forbidden obligations

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