בְּדַרְכֵי עֲקִיפִין

ביטוי (אנגלית)

by roundabout ways

הגדרה (אנגלית)

By indirect or roundabout ways, not directly.

(If you can grant him acquittal under the laws of Israel—acquit him and say to him: This is our law; under Canaanite law—acquit him and say to him: This is your law; and if not—approach him by roundabout ways, these are the words of Rabbi Yishmael. Rabbi Akiva says: One does not approach by roundabout ways, because of the sanctification of the Name"—Bava Kamma 113a. Likewise: "In many places we find that halakha circumvents Scripture, that is, it approaches it as if by roundabout ways and pretexts, shifting the understanding of Scripture to something else, sometimes uprooting it entirely, sometimes adding to it"—Beit HaBechirah, Meiri on Sotah 16a)