Be like a father to the orphan (הֱיֵה כְּאָב לַיָּתוֹם)
Be like a father to the orphan (הֱיֵה כְּאָב לַיָּתוֹם)

Be like a father to the orphan

A person should try to aid helpless children and act as a positive, loving role model to them.

(“Be like a father to the orphan and like a husband to his mother; then you will be like a son to the Most High, and He will love you more than a mother loves.” (Ben Sira 4:10–11))

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֱיֵה כְּאָב לַיָּתוֹם

Definition (Hebrew)

עַל אָדָם לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל לְסַיֵּעַ לִילָדִים חַסְרֵי יְכֹלֶת וּלְשַׁמֵּשׁ לָהֶם דְּמוּת אוֹהֶבֶת כְּמוֹדֵל חִיּוּבִי לְחִקּוּי.

("הָיָה כְּאַב לַיָּתוֹם וּכְבַעַל לְאִמּוֹ. וְהָיִיתָ בֵּן לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן, וּמֵאַהֲבַת אִם יֹאהֲבֵךְ" – בֶּן סִירָא, ד, י-יָא).

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