הָרַע בְּמִעוּטוֹ (תְּפֹס אֶת הָרַע בְּמִעוּטוֹ)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Of two evils, choose the less/ the lesser of two evils

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils.

("And because of this, the Torah chose the evil one in his littleness, and the Torah did not forbid divorce, in order to remove the woman from the hand of cruelty in her womb" - Abarbanel Devarim Parak Kad, and so: "But the man who fears the Lord will not have his portion with those who sit on horns, nor will he sit in the seat of the lepers...and yet at some time he is forced to sit in their company In the ways of peace and so on, he will be like a mute who will not open his mouth, and even though he is evil...he will choose the evil one in his littleness" - Pella Yo'etz/ Ot D', and so on: "And I do not say so, to go only to catch the evil one in his littleness, and they will be entitled to the manna of desolation and to the groves and will be entitled to see the comfort of Zion, when the Lord returns and the captivity of his people" - Proverbs The verse in the book of Simeon Nu answers, and says: "The first ones caught the evil in its smallness: 'Two readings and one interpretation'... What is not so with the latter? The latter betrayed the tongue of their people from among them 'knowledge and choice'. They disbelieved in the principle of the tongue" - Bialik/ on "The Wisdom of Israel")