It's a pity for you

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It's a pity for you

It's a pity for you

There is cause to regret what happened to you. An expression of sorrow for the fate of the person one is speaking with.

("In this language, Ben Azzai said: Woe to you, Ben Azzai, for not having used Rabbi Akiva" - Nedarim 12:2, and so on: "Woe to you, Caesar, woe to you, Caesar, for your own glory, for the glory of the Holy One, for one and all!" - Gittin 12:2, and so on: "Woe to me, for you were not born, Amen. Since no man has been created "Amen, but if so, Amen will be born" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 184).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֲבָל עָלֶיךָ

Definition (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ לְהִצְטַעֵר עַל שֶׁאֵרַע לְךָ. הִבַּעַתְּ צַעַר עַל גּוֹרַל הָאָדָם שֶׁעִמּוֹ מְשׂוֹחֲחִים

("בַּלָּשׁוֹן הַזֶּה אָמַר בֶּן עַזַּאי: חֲבָל עָלֶיךָ בֶּן עַזַּאי, שֶׁלֹּא שִׁמַּשְׁתָּ אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא"- נְדָרִים עַד ע"ב, וְכֵן:"חֲבָל עֻלְּךָ קֵיסָר, חֲבָל עֻלְּךָ קֵיסָר, עַל כְּבוֹד עַצְמְךָ כָּךְ, עַל כְּבוֹד הקב"ה עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה!"-גִּטִּין נז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"חֲבָל לִי עָלֶיךָ שֶׁלֹּא נוֹלַדְתָּ אָמֵן. מֵאַחַר שֶׁאֵין אָדָם נַעֲשֶׂה אָמָּן אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן נוֹלַד אָמָּן"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 184).

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