Rejected with both hands/ to refuse definitely

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Rejected with both hands/ to refuse definitely

Rejected with both hands/ to refuse definitely

To oppose absolutely, to reject forcefully and without acceptance.

(The Rabbis taught: May the left hand always reject and the right hand draw near, unlike Elisha who was pushed away from Gehazi with both hands - Sanhedrin 37b, and likewise: "And if the acceptance of our Rabbis is denied, his reasoning is rejected with both hands" - Ramban in Bamidbar chapter 26, and also: "They were secretly upon him, as they knew him, and you spoke to him. And they saw: if they reject him with both hands, perhaps he will boil his stew in many, and relieve a burden" - Responsa HaRivash section 672, and also: "The financiers could no longer restrain themselves and said, perhaps it is impossible to reject her with both hands" - Agnon / A Collection of Stories, 125)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דָּחָה בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם

Definition (Hebrew)

הִתְנַגֵּד בְּהֶחְלֵטִיּוּת, דָּחָה בְּתֹקֶף.

("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן: לָעוֹלָם תְּהֵא שְׂמֹאל דּוֹחֶה וְיָמִין מְקָרֶבֶת, לֹא כֶּאֱלִישָׁע שֶׁדָּחֲפוּ לְגֵחֲזִי בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם"-סַנְהֶדְרִין קז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וְאִם אִינָה קַבָּלַת רַבּוֹתֵינוּ נִדְחָה סְבָרָתוֹ זֹאת בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם"- רַמְבָּ"ן בַּמִּדְבָּר פֶּרֶק כו, וְכֵן:"וְהָיוּ מֵחֶפְיָן עָלָיו, בַּאֲשֶׁר יוֹדְעִין אוֹתוֹ, וְאַתְּ שִׂיחוֹ. וְיִרְאוּ: כִּי אִם יִדָּחוּ אוֹתוֹ בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם אוּלַי יַקְדִּיחַ תַּבְשִׁילוֹ בָּרַבִּים, וְיִפְרֹק עֹל"- שׁוּ"ת הָרִיבָ"שׁ סִימָן שצה, וְכֵן:"לֹא הָיוּ יְכוֹלִים עוֹד הַפַּרְנָסִים לְהִתְאַפֵּק וְאָמְרוּ, אוּלַי אֵין לִדְחוֹת אוֹתָהּ בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם"- עַגְנוֹן/ תַּכְרִיךְ שֶׁל סִפּוּרִים, 125)

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