to sit idly, to sit in idleness

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to sit idly, to sit in idleness

to sit idly, to sit in idleness

Inactivity. Sat in idleness, without acting.

("That every person in Israel was filled with Torah and fear of Heaven, and even the air in every city of Israel was filled and saturated with the scent and spirit of Judaism, and the daughters who grew up in the house of Israel breathed the spirit of Judaism within them in idleness, almost as if they nursed Judaism from the breasts of their mothers" - Responsa Sridei Esh, Part B, Siman 39, 459; and: "He went to reserve seats in the passenger car... while she was dragged after him in idleness, she wondered about this in her heart" - Dvora Baron, Goleem, p. 110; and: "Her father rebuked her and said that instead of wandering idly in the homes of her friends it would be better for her to bring an orphan into her home" - Chaim Be'er, Notzot, p. 155)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּאֶפֶס מַעֲשֶׂה, יָשַׁב בְּאֶפֶס מַעֲשֶׂה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּחֹסֶר עֲשִׂיָּה. יָשַׁב בְּבַטָּלָה מִבְּלִי לִפְעֹל.

("שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה מָלֵא תּוֹרָה וְיִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם, וְגַם הָאֲוִיר בְּכָל עִיר וָעִיר מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה מָלֵא וּמְמֻלָּא בְּרֵיחַ וּבְרוּחַ הַיַּהֲדוּת, וְהַבָּנוֹת שֶׁגָּדְלוּ בְּבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל שָׁאֲפוּ אֶת רוּחַ הַיַּהֲדוּת בְּקִרְבָּן בְּאֶפֶס מַעֲשֶׂה וְכִמְעַט שֶׁיְּנַקּוּ אֶת הַיַּהֲדוּת מִשֵּׁדֵי אַמּוֹתֵיהֶן"- שׁוּ"ת שְׂרִידֵי אֵשׁ חֵלֶק ב סִימָן לט, תנט, וְכֵן:"הָלַךְ לְהַזְמִין מְקוֹמוֹת בִּקְרוֹן הַנּוֹסְעִים...בְּעוֹד שֶׁהִיא נִגְרְרָה אַחֲרָיו בְּאֶפֶס מַעֲשֶׂה, תּוֹהָה בְּלִבָּהּ עַל זֶה"- דְּבוֹרָה בָּרוֹן/ גּוֹלִים, 110, וְכֵן:"הֵטִיחַ בָּהּ אַבָּא וְאָמַר כִּי בִּמְקוֹם לְהִסְתּוֹבֵב בְּאֶפֶס מַעֲשֶׂה בְּבָתֵּי חַבְרוֹתֶיהָ מוּטָב לָהּ שֶׁתַּכְנִיס לְבֵיתָהּ יְתוֹמָה"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 155)

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