Return in yourself (חֲזֹור בְּךָ!)
Return in yourself (חֲזֹור בְּךָ!)

Return in yourself

Change your knowledge! Or: Turn from your evil decision.

("Four things they said to him: Aqaba, repeat the four things that you used to say and I will make you a father of the house of Israel. He said to them, "It is better for me to be called a liar all my days than to do a single hour of evil before the place where there will be no liars in the path of the wicked one, he returned to it" - Aduyot 5:6, and so: "A grave is half a day, and a deviation is still a liar." And he tries his luck... - Come back to you, perversion..." - Y.L. Peretz/ Silent Souls, Light, and So: "Then I restrained myself in my retreat and said: Come back to you, Judah is alive" - ​​Y. Burla/ Silvers, 72)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֲזֹור בְּךָ!

Definition (Hebrew)

שָׁנָה אֶת דַּעְתְּךָ! אוֹ: תָּשׁוּב מֵהַחְלָטָתֵךְ הָרָעָה.

("אַרְבָּעָה דְּבָרִים אָמְרוּ לוֹ: עֲקַבְיָא, חֲזֹר בְּךָ בְּאַרְבָּעָה דְּבָרִים שֶׁהָיִיתָ אוֹמֵר וְנַעַשְׂךָ אַב בֵּית דִּין לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָמַר לָהֶן מוּטָב לִי לְהִקָּרֵא שׁוֹטֶה כָּל יָמַי וְלֹא לֵעָשׂוֹת שָׁעָה אַחַת רָשָׁע לִפְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ אוֹמְרִים בִּשְׁבִיל שְׂרָרָה חָזַר בּוֹ"- עֵדוּיוֹת ה ו, וְכֵן:"כְּבָר חֲצִי יוֹם,וּסְטִיָּה עוֹדוֹ שָׁט וּמְנַסֶּה אֶת מַזָּלוֹ...-חֲזֹר בְּךָ,סְטִיָּה..."- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ נְשָׁמוֹת אִלְּמוּת,קַלָּה, וְכֵן:"אָז הוֹכַחְתִּי אֶת עַצְמִי בִּמְשׁוּבָתִי וְאָמַרְתִּי: חֲזֹר בְּךָ,יְהוּדָה חַי"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 72)

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