הַכֶּר נָא לְמִי הַחוֹתֶמֶת וְהַפְּתִילִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Whose seal and wicks are these?

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Question: The signs show that you are guilty. Or: If you examine your own behavior before you judge the behavior of others, you will see that you too have sinned in a similar matter (the source is in the story of Judah, who ordered Tamar to be punished for an act in which she was a partner in the act, and the seal and the wick were the compulsion for her participation in the act).

("And he said, "Tell me, whose are these seals and cords and mats?" - at the beginning of Lachish (Tamar to Judah), and then: "Tell me what you have in the house/ and what are your symbols and your ornaments/ and your seals and cords?" - Judah Al-Harizi (12th century)/ He married a woman who was ugly, and then: "And behold, he left behind him a letter and a widow, tell me." "To whom is the seal and the writing?" - Agnon/ This and That, and the Curved One Was Straight, 91)