Open house; his house is open (בַּיִת פָּתוּחַ, בֵּיתוֹ פָּתוּחַ)
Open house; his house is open (בַּיִת פָּתוּחַ, בֵּיתוֹ פָּתוּחַ)

Open house; his house is open

A hospitable home; a house into which guests are welcome to enter.

("Yose ben Yoḥanan of Jerusalem says: Let your house be open wide, and let the poor be members of your household" – Avot 1:5; and: "They passed before them the names of some of their friends, the teacher whose house was open to guests" – Agnon, Tmol Shilshom, p. 41)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּיִת פָּתוּחַ, בֵּיתוֹ פָּתוּחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

בַּיִת מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים. בַּיִת אֵלָיו אוֹרְחִים מֻזְמָנִים לְהִכָּנֵס.

("יוֹסֵי בֶּן יוֹחָנָן אִישׁ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אוֹמֵר: יְהִי בֵּיתְךָ פָּתוּחַ לִרְוָחָה וְיִהְיוּ עֲנִיִּים בְּנֵי בֵיתֶךָ"- אָבוֹת א ה, וְכֵן:"הֶעֱבִירוּ לִפְנֵיהֶם שְׁמוֹתֵיהֶם שֶׁל כַּמָּה מֵחַבְרֵיהֶם, אֶת הַמּוֹרֶה שֶׁבֵּיתוֹ פָּתוּחַ לְאוֹרְחִים"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 41)

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