A wicked (bad, evil) son of a righteous (good) father (חֹומֶץ בֶּן יַיִן)
A wicked (bad, evil) son of a righteous (good) father (חֹומֶץ בֶּן יַיִן)

A wicked (bad, evil) son of a righteous (good) father

Vinegar made from wine. In a question: A wicked man who is the son of a righteous man. A son of a good family who was raised in a bad way. The opposite of the expression: "Wine is the son of vinegar."

("Rabbi Yehoshua ben Karcha sent to her: Vinegar of wine, how long will you lead the people of our God to slaughter!" - Baba comes to the end of the chapter, and says: "They beat their faces on the forehead and groan over the desecration of the name and say, 'This is Vinegar of wine'" - Agnon/ This and that, from the circles of righteousness, and says: "His power was not beautiful "For the gematria and for the acid of the son of Yain, he is for the sake of Rabbi Abela, his younger son, in this matter" - Hazaz/ Dorot Harashonim, 46, and so: "How can a child who had all the goodness, whose teachers were men of virtue and whose end became lecturers at the university... such a child would walk in my footsteps after the acid of the son of acid" - Chayim Be'er/ Notzot, 48)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֹומֶץ בֶּן יַיִן

Definition (Hebrew)

חֹומֶץ שֶׁהוּפַק מִיַּיִן. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָדָם רָשָׁע שֶׁהוּא בְּנוֹ שֶׁל צַדִּיק. בֵּן לְמִשְׁפָּחָה טוֹבָה שֶׁיָּצָא לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה. הִפּוּכוֹ שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי:"יַיִן בֶּן חֹמֶץ".

("שְׁלַח לֵהּ רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָה: חֹמֶץ בֶּן יַיִן, עַד מָתַי אַתָּה מוֹסֵר עַמּוֹ שֶׁל אֱלֹהֵינוּ לַהֲרִיגָה!"-בָּבָא מְצִיעָא פָּג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כּוֹבְשִׁים פְּנֵיהֶם בַּקַּרְקַע וּמִתְאַנְּחִים עַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם וְאוֹמְרִים הוֹי חֹמֶץ בֶּן יַיִן"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, מַעְגְּלֵי צֶדֶק, וְכֵן:"לֹא הָיָה כֹּחוֹ יָפֶה לְגִימַטְרִיּוֹת וּכְחֹמֶץ בֶּן יַיִן הוּא לְגַבֵּי ר' אַבָּאלֶה בְּנוֹ הַצָּעִיר בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה"- הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 46, וְכֵן:"אֵיךְ יֶלֶד שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ כָּל טוּב,שֶׁמּוֹרָיו אַנְשֵׁי מַעֲלָה וּקְצָתָם נַעֲשׂוּ מַרְצִים בָּאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה...הָלַךְ יֶלֶד כָּזֶה שֶׁבִי אַחֲרֵי חֹמֶץ בֶּן חֹמֶץ"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 48)

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