Iniquitous son / black sheep (of family) / stubborn and rebellious son

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Iniquitous son / black sheep (of family) / stubborn and rebellious son

Iniquitous son / black sheep (of family) / stubborn and rebellious son

A figurative term for a son who does not behave properly. Not obedient, acting according to his own will (literally: stubborn and rebellious son).

(“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey the voice of his father or mother, and they chastise him but he does not listen…” — Deuteronomy 21:18; also: “The Torah reached the end of the judgment of a rebellious son, who ultimately misappropriates his father’s property… the Torah said: the righteous may die, but the guilty shall not die.” — Sanhedrin 71a; and: “It was the custom of old in Jerusalem to bring every rebellious son to the monument of Absalom and strike him on the hand, so that all may see and fear.” — H. Be’er, Notzot, 50)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּנּוּי לָבָן לֹא מְמֻשְׁמָע. לֹא צַיְתָן הָעוֹשֶׂה כְּכָל הָעוֹלֶה עַל רוּחוֹ (מִלּוּלִית: בֵּן עִקֵּשׁ וּמוּרָד).

("כִּי יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ וְיִסְּרוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם"- דְּבָרִים כא יח, וְכֵן:"הִגִּיעָה תּוֹרָה לְסוֹף דַּעְתּוֹ שֶׁל בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה, שֶׁסּוֹף מְגַמֵּר נִכְסֵי אָבִיו ...וּמְלַסְטֵם אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת, אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה: יָמוּת זַכַּאי וְאַל יָמוּת חַיָּב"- מַסֶּכֶת סַנְהֶדְרִין עַב ע"א, וְכֵן:"מִנְהַג קַדְמוֹנִים הוּא בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם לְהָבִיא כָּל אִישׁ אֶת בְּנוֹ הַסּוֹרֵר וְהַמּוֹרֶה אֶל מַצֶּבֶת יַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם וּלְהַכּוֹתוֹ עַל יָדוֹ לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ וְיִירָאוּ הַכֹּל"- ח.בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 50)

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