A loser, a loser, a loser (חֹוסֶר מַעַשׂ, יָשַׁב בְּחֹוסֶר מַעַשׂ)
A loser, a loser, a loser (חֹוסֶר מַעַשׂ, יָשַׁב בְּחֹוסֶר מַעַשׂ)

A loser, a loser, a loser

Lack of activity. The cessation or inactivity of one's deeds or creation.

("Or is the lack of incense like the lack of a deed of blood?" - Menahot 71, and so: "So that their lack will not be due to the lack of the deed, but rather to it in itself" - Abarbanel, the name of the heart's brokenness, and so: "It was as if she were walking and sinking in the lack of the deed of a small day" - Life in the Light/ Feathers, 143)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֹוסֶר מַעַשׂ, יָשַׁב בְּחֹוסֶר מַעַשׂ

Definition (Hebrew)

חֹוסֶר עֲשִׂיָּיה. הִתְבַּטְּלוּת מַעֲשֶׂיהָ אוֹ יְצִירָה.

("אוֹ דִּלְמָא מְחֻסַּר הַקְטָרָה כִּמְחֻסַּר מַעֲשֶׂה דָּמֵי?"-מְנָחוֹת נז ע"א, וְכֵן:"כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִתְלוּ חֶסְרוֹנָם בְּחֶסְרוֹן הַמַּעֲשֶׂה אֶלָּא בּוֹ בְּעַצְמוֹ"- אַבַּרְבַּנְאֵל שְׁמוֹת פֶּרֶק לֵב, וְכֵן:"דּוֹמֶה הָיָה שֶׁהִיא הוֹלֶכֶת וְשׁוֹקַעַת בְּחֹסֶר מַעַשׂ שֶׁל יוֹם קְטַנּוֹת"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 143)

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