Concern for appearances

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Concern for appearances

Concern that others will see what is being done and draw mistaken conclusions about what they saw.

("Rabbi Yosei did not worry about appearances, but the Rabbis did worry about appearances" - Jerusalem Talmud, Kilayim 2:5; and also: "And when he sensed that there was no concern about appearances on the part of the clerk, he turned again to Eli and asked" - Bialik / Notes After the Fact, 255).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֲשַׁשׁ מַרְאִית עַיִן

Definition (Hebrew)

חֲשָׁשׁ מִפְּנֵי רְאִיַּית אֲחֵרִים אֶת הַנַּעֲשֶׂה וְהַסָּקַת מַסְקָנוֹת מֻטְעוֹת לְגַבֵּי מָה שֶׁרָאוּ.

("רַבִּי יוֹסֵי לֹא חָשַׁשׁ לְמַרְאִית הָעַיִן וְרַבָּנִין חָשְׁשׁוּ לְמַרְאִית הָעַיִן"- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי כִּלְאַיִם ב, ה, וְכֵן:"וּבְהֶרְגֵּשׁוֹ כִּי אֵין חֲשַׁשׁ מַרְאִית עַיִן שֶׁל פָּקִיד,פָּנָה שׁוּב אֱלֵי וְשָׁאַל"- בְּיָאלִיק/ רְשִׁימוֹת כִּלְאַחַר יָד, רסה)

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