With Equanimity (Indifference) (בְּשִׁוְיוֹן נֶפֶשׁ (שְׁוֵה נֶפֶשׁ))
With Equanimity (Indifference) (בְּשִׁוְיוֹן נֶפֶשׁ (שְׁוֵה נֶפֶשׁ))

With Equanimity (Indifference)

Indifferently, without any excitement or emotional involvement.

("A great change has come into the world. Licentiousness and cruelty have struck root in the heart of humanity. There is no mercy! And there is no morality and humanity! Therefore, my masters! Rabbis of Eretz Israel and the Diaspora! Enough for you to sit with equanimity and indifference!" - Responsa Nosé HaEfod, Sign Led, and also: "She went out with her face as if with equanimity, but her heart was full of pain" - Y. Burla / Kissufim, 138)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּשִׁוְיוֹן נֶפֶשׁ (שְׁוֵה נֶפֶשׁ)

Definition (Hebrew)

בַּאֲדִישׁוּת. לְלֹא כָּל הִתְרַגְּשׁוּת.

("הִתְחַלְּפוּת גְּדוֹלָה בָּאָה בָּעוֹלָם. וְהַפְּרִיצוּת וְהָאַכְזָרִיּוּת הִכּוּ שֹׁרֶשׁ בְּלֵב הָאֱנוֹשִׁיּוּת. אֵין רַחְמָנוּת! וְאֵין מוּסָר וֶאֱנוֹשִׁיּוּת! לָכֵן רַבּוֹתַי! רַבָּנֵי א"י וְהַגּוֹלָה! דַּי לָכֶם לָשֶׁבֶת מִנֶּגֶד בְּשִׁוְיוֹן נֶפֶשׁ וּבַאֲדִישׁוּת!"-שׁוּ"ת נוֹשֵׂא הָאֵפוֹד סִימָן לֵד, וְכֵן:"יָצָא מֵעִם פָּנֶיהָ כְּמוֹ בְּשִׁוְיוֹן נֶפֶשׁ וְלִבּוֹ עָלָיו דְּוַי"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 138)

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