דְּבָרִים שֶׁבֵּינוֹ וּבִינָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Privacy between husband and wife (a man and a woman)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Intimate matters. Issues between a man and a woman. Matters of personal relationship.

(“‘My lord, listen to me: four hundred silver shekels—what is that between me and you? And bury your dead’” (Genesis 23:15, regarding Abraham’s purchase of the Cave of Machpelah), and likewise: “The use of the bed by the Rabbis—is it torment of the soul, or matters between him and her?” (Nedarim 86b), and likewise: “He should not make his head too light, nor defile his mouth with idle words, even between him and her” (Maimonides, Book of Knowledge, Laws of Character Traits, ch. 5:4), and likewise: “Matters between him and her! These are ancient, well-known matters. In the ways of women to me: he reveals an inch and kisses inches” (Shaul Tchernichovsky, Anatomy, ch. 2), and likewise: “Even vows, vows and crowns have a connection to her—from matters between him and her, love turns to lamentation” (Natan Yonatan, Le’ish Massi’a Avanim).)