יַפְיוּתוֹ שֶׁל יֶפֶת יְהֵא בְּאָהֳלֵי שֵׁם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

May the beauty of Japheth be in the tents of Shem/ mixture of European culture and Jewish

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The wisdom of the nations of the world when it is integrated into Jewish culture (Shem, Ham, and Japheth were the three sons of Noah; by tradition, the Jewish people descend from Shem).

("Rabbi Shimon ben Gamaliel Omer says: Even in the books they did not allow it to be written except in Greek...God will make Jephthah beautiful and he will dwell in the tents of Shem (Genesis 9) - the things of Jephthah will be in the tents of Shem...were a taste of the writing God will make Jephthah beautiful - the beauty of Jephthah will be in the tents of Shem" - Megillat 9b, And so: "When Greek philosophical literature spread throughout the whole world, even though it was a foreign song in the vineyard of Judaism, our sages brought the beauty of Japheth into the tents of Shem" - Berdichevski/ Letters, 2, 26, and so: "Because of the misfortune that befell them, they grazed on the lilies of the vineyards of foreigners and there they laid 'his beauty' "Shem in the tents of Japheth" - Bialik / The Art of Purity, and so: "Indeed, we will gather the beauty of Japheth in the tents of Shem and make it a song for our tongue from all that comes to hand, if we are able to fill the lack of it" - Judge Chayim Cohen / Selected Writings, Bursi 1992, 393)