Snatch and Eat/ to eat quickly/ to bolt one's food/ let us enjoy the present (חֲטֹוף וֶאֱכֹול)
Snatch and Eat/ to eat quickly/ to bolt one's food/ let us enjoy the present (חֲטֹוף וֶאֱכֹול)

Snatch and Eat/ to eat quickly/ to bolt one's food/ let us enjoy the present

Figuratively: an attitude of chasing after pleasures; take quickly while it is still possible.

("Samuel said to Rav Yehuda: 'Sharp one, snatch and eat, snatch and drink, for the world we are leaving is like a banquet (i.e., the world we depart from is like a feast).'") - Eruvin 54a

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֲטֹוף וֶאֱכֹול

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֲלַךְ רוּחַ שֶׁל רְדִיפָה אַחַר הֲנָאוֹת. לָקַחַת מַהֵר כָּל עוֹד אֶפְשָׁר.

("אָמַר לֵהּ שְׁמוּאֵל לְרַב יְהוּדָה: שִׁנָּנָא, חֲטֹף וֶאֱכֹל חֲטֹף וְאִשְׁתִּי (וּשְׁתֵה), דְּעָלְמָא דְּאָזְלִינַן מִנֵּהּ כְּהִלּוּלָא דָּמֵי (שֶׁהָעוֹלָם שֶׁאָנוּ הוֹלְכִים מִמֶּנּוּ לְמִשְׁתֶּה דּוֹמֶה)"- עֵרוּבִין נָד ע"א)

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