This Opposite That
This is the opposite of this. Opposite things that stand one against the other, just as the holy side is opposed to the "other side" ("the other side").
("In good days it was good, and in evil days it was evil. See also this for the sake of this, that God has made" - Ecclesiastes 7:1, and so: "Even this for the sake of this, God has made," the Holy One created the whole world two by two, this is the opposite of this, and this is the opposite of this, to show that every word and thing has a partner and a counterpart, and if it were not for this This was not so, without death there would be no life... without peace there would be no evil... "- Midrash Tamura, and so: "And there was a great noise in heaven from above, and the sound was exceedingly loud, for it was known that this was for this purpose that the Lord had done" - Shai Agnon/ Sifurei HaBeshat, Pekidah)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זֶה לְעומַּת זֶה
Definition (Hebrew)
זֶה כְּנֶגֶד זֶה. דְּבָרִים מְנֻגָּדִים הַנִּצָּבִים הָאֶחָד כְּנֶגֶד הַשֵּׁנִי, כְּמוֹ צַד הַקְּדֻשָּׁה כְּשֶׁנֶּגְדּוֹ הַ"סִטְרָא אַחְרָא"("הַצַּד הָאַחֵר").
("בְּיוֹם טוֹבָה הֱיֵה בְטוֹב וּבְיוֹם רָעָה רְאֵה גַּם אֶת זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים"- קֹהֶלֶת ז יָד, וְכֵן:"גַּם אֶת זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים ", הקב"ה בָּרָא כָּל הָעוֹלָם שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, זֶה תְּמוּרַת זֶה וָזֶה כְּנֶגֶד זֶה, לְהוֹדִיעַ שֶׁכָּל דָּבָר וְדָבָר יֵשׁ לוֹ שֻׁתָּף וְיֵשׁ לוֹ תְּמוּרָה, וְלוּלֵא זֶה לֹא הָיָה זֶה, אִלּוּלֵא מָוֶת לֹא הָיוּ חַיִּים ...אִלּוּלֵא שָׁלוֹם לֹא הָיָה רַע ... "- מִדְרַשׁ תְּמוּרָה, וְכֵן:"וְנִתְהַוָּה רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל והס"ם גָּבַר לִמְאוֹד, כִּי כַּיָּדוּעַ זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה ה'"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, פְּקִידָה)